California will decide in a referendum whether to abolish the death penalty.
The issue was included in the vote after more than 500 people signed a petition.
Thassio Borges _Opera Mundi On November 6th, voters in California, in the United States, will not only decide who will be the next president of the country. On that occasion, a referendum will be held for Californians to choose whether or not they want to abolish the death penalty in the state. This information comes from the British broadcaster BBC.
The issue was included in the vote after more than 500 people signed a petition calling for an end to the death penalty. For the petition to be included, it was necessary to gather the equivalent of 5% of the total votes cast in the last gubernatorial elections in 2010.
The state of California reinstated the death penalty in 1978 and has since executed 13 people. The last execution took place in 2006, but 725 prisoners are still awaiting execution on death row.