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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Implementing California's new death penalty law

    Californians voted to speed up executions for prisoners on death row. Prop 66 was narrowly approved by a little more than 51 percent of voters. What happens next?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 23, 2016 • 1 min read

    Californians voted to speed up executions for prisoners on death row. Prop 66 was narrowly approved by a little more than 51 percent of voters. What happens next?

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Defining the 'alt-right,' and how teachers explain politics
    1. 0:30What does 'alt-right' actually mean?
    2. 8:35How history teachers handle lessons from this election
    3. 20:35Implementing California's new death penalty lawYou’re reading this
    4. 28:56The Rock as a Polynesian god in Disney's 'Moana'
    5. 44:39Shopping on Thanksgiving: good idea or end of civilization?
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