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Death Penalty Focus
Actor and anti-death penalty activist, he is president of Death Penalty Focus; author of Just Call Me Mike: My Journey from Actor to Activist
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Mike Farrell
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FROM Mike Farrell
Olney in L.A.
Props 62 and 66: Death penalty Propositions 62 and 66 deal with the death penalty. Proposition 62 would repeal the death penalty in California. It was written by Mike Farrell, a longtime activist, best known for his role in M*A*S*H. Proposition 66 would streamline the death sentence process limiting legal challenges to five years. We look at the pros and cons with Farrell and a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney.
Scheer Intelligence
Mike Farrell: Putting an end to the death penalty Robert Scheer sits down with actor and activist Mike Farrell to discuss his involvement in the anti death penalty movement.
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Will Illinois' Direction on the Death Penalty Impact California? Yesterday Democratic Governor Pat Quinn made Illinois the sixteenth state without capital punishment . He said there is no way to design a "perfect" system without the flaws that can lead to discrimination and wrongful convictions. There are 712 prisoners on California's death row, waiting for a federal judge to decide if the death penalty can be administered humanely. Mike Farrell, a self-described "actor, activist, writer and biker," leads the group Death Penalty Focus .
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