Death penalty appeals constitutional amendment proposal [CA SC]

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Death penalty appeals constitutional amendment proposal [CA SC]

Bernard Hibbitts

November 19, 2007 11:49:00 pm

Proposed amendment to California Constitution, article VI, section 12, Supreme Court of California, November 19, 2007 [proposing shifting the locus of death penalty appeals from the state supreme court to state appeals courts in an effort to expedite proceedings]. Read the full text of the amendment [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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University of Alabama desegregated after governor ends blockade

On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama desegregated when Governor George Wallace, facing Alabama National Guard troops federalized by President Kennedy, ended his blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and allowed two African-American students to enroll.

Read the text of President Kennedy's Civil Rights speech, delivered on this day.