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April 24, 2012

AP: Californians to vote on abolishing death penalty

by Paul Elias
The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A measure to abolish capital punishment in California qualified for the November ballot on Monday, Secretary of State Debra Bowen said.

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