This means that the ATTORNEY GENERAL is very important if we are going to stop prohibition. An attorney general who opposes legalizing and taxing marijuana will make stopping prohibition much more difficult.
We need a Democrat to be California Attorney General.
A Republican attorney general will almost certainly be against any new medical marijuana laws, and against ending prohibition.
Usually, the Republican candidates say they should be elected because they will be tough on the death penalty.
I have three problems with the death penalty. One, no one has shown, in a scientific study, that a death penalty prevents any murders. Two, I have nightmares about my government killing an innocent person. Three, the death penalty is extremely expensive. It is much less expensive to have someone serve multiple life sentences than to have experienced (expensive) attorneys litigating a death penalty case.
You would think that all of the appeals in a death penalty case insures that no innocent person is executed. You have not seen the blind adherence to uphold convictions that I have seen. A defense attorney and his small team of helpers has almost no chance against the entire police department, the entire prosecutors office, and the entire attorney general's office.
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