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Which Way, L.A.?

Can LA's District Attorney Dust Off the Death Penalty?

LA District Attorney Steve Cooley is more than impatient about the death penalty in California. The population of death row is 725, and there's been no execution since 2006. Voters will be asked to repeal capital punishment in November, but Cooley wants executions right now.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

LA District Attorney Steve Cooley is more than impatient about the death penalty in California. The population of death row is 725, and there's been no execution since 2006. Voters will be asked to repeal capital punishment in November, but Cooley wants executions right now. He's gone to yet another court asking that the one-drug procedure be implemented now.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Evan George

    Director of Content, News

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Lata Pandya

    Assistant Producer, To the Point/Which Way, LA?

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    Steve Cooley

    former Los Angeles District Attorney

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    Don Heller

    Attorney

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    Emily T. Green

    freelance reporter based in Mexico City

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