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Proposition 17 of 1972 was a measure enacted by California voters to reintroduce the death penalty in that state. The California Supreme Court had ruled on February 17, 1972, that capital punishment was contrary to the state constitution.
The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson, 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 (Cal. 1972), was a landmark case in the state of California that outlawed capital punishment for nine months until the enactment of a constitutional amendment reinstating it, Proposition 17.
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 ...
Proposition 17 refers to two different and unrelated California ballot propositions. 1972 California Proposition 17 related to Capital punishment 2020 California Proposition 17 relates to expansion of voting rights to individuals on parole
Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June 2012 presidential primaries) prior to the signing of the law, making the June 2012 primaries the last statewide non-general election in California to have statewide initiatives on the ballot.
Now, 10 years later, as California is reconsidering the failed Proposition 47 on this November’s ballot, Harris has the belated chance to make amends by recommending a “yes” vote on Prop 36 ...
CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about the ballot measure from supporters and opponents.
The existing supermajority requirement for local bond approval goes back to the series of tax restrictions in California's Constitution inaugurated by the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978.