Death penalty is dying across America. Will California save it?

Franklin Zimring quoted by The Sacramento Bee, Sept. 25, 2016

While courts and legislatures around the nation are abolishing capital punishment, when it goes to a public vote the hard line tends to have the advantage, said Franklin Zimring. … “The question is what do you do with the worst criminals you have?” Zimring said. “And if that ever becomes a question of sentiment the answer is boil them in oil.”