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  2. Is California’s death penalty ‘racially discriminatory?’ Why ...

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    California capital punishment. Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 signed an executive order placing a moratorium on state executions, saying the death penalty is “ineffective, irreversible and immoral ...

  3. Crime in California - Wikipedia

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    The death penalty (also known as capital punishment) is legal in California, [14] although Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on the use on March 13, 2019. [15] The last execution was issued for Clarence Ray Allen on January 17, 2006, through lethal injection .

  4. Park Fire is California’s largest ever blaze caused by arson ...

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    Since 2020, approximately 70,000 acres of the state were burned by fires attributed to arson, and Cal Fire arrested 580 people on suspicion of the crime, according to Cal Fire data. Year to year ...

  5. Capital punishment in California - Wikipedia

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    On April 24, 1972, the Supreme Court of California ruled in People v. Anderson that the state's current death penalty laws were unconstitutional. Justice Marshall F. McComb was the lone dissenter, arguing that the death penalty deterred crime, noting numerous Supreme Court precedents upholding the death penalty's constitutionality, and stating that the legislative and initiative processes were ...

  6. List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving ...

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    Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed. Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v.

  7. Which fireworks are illegal in California? What happens if ...

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    What are the penalties for lighting illegal fireworks? A violation of California’s fireworks laws can be charged as a misdemeanor, according to Shouse California Law Group.. The law firm said ...

  8. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District - Wikipedia

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    The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District is a member of California USAR Task Force 7 (CA TF-7), one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state. [4] These USAR Task Forces, which were originally designed to respond to structural collapse caused by earthquakes, have evolved to be used at disasters and catastrophes, both ...

  9. Fire in North Sacramento burns house and multiple cars, some ...

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    The fire continued spreading north and caused “extensive damage” to one house and the vehicle in its driveway, which “burned to the ground,” Sylvia said. Multiple sheds in the area were ...