SAN FRANCISCO - (INT) - A new poll suggests that the death penalty is falling out of favor with California voters.

There are two initiatives on the November ballot that could determine the fate of the death penalty.

Proposition 62, the initiative to repeal the death penalty in California and replace it with life in prison without the possibility of parole, is narrowly supported by likely voters. The latest California Field Poll finds 48% of likely voters saying they intend to vote Yes.

Californians will also be asked to vote on a competing death penalty initiative, Proposition 66, which calls for changing procedures governing challenges to the death
penalty and is intended to speed its implementation. Thirty-five percent say they are inclined to vote Yes and 23% would vote No. Forty-two percent are undecided.

Looking back to 2009, a plurality preferred the death penalty.

Story Date: September 29, 2016