California gives lifeline to death penalty, approves reform

Franklin Zimring quoted by The Washington Post, Nov. 23, 2016

“The irony is that Prop. 66 was supposed to simplify and speed things up,” Zimring said. “The smart money would bet that it has made things more complex, increased the set of issues to be litigated and if anything could slow down the path to execution in California from its glacial pace previously, it is this.”