Measure on the ballot in the 2016 Multistate 2016 General Election in Mississippi.
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Get StartedA "yes" vote is in favor of repealing the death penalty and instead making life without parole the maximum punishment for murder
A "no" vote is against repealing the death penalty
Replaces an inefficient system and reduces costs to taxpayers, in support of Proposition 62 (Learn more)
The death penalty does not deter violent crime, in support of Proposition 62 (Learn more)
There is a severe lack of trained capital appeals lawyers, and not enough funding to pay them, in support of Proposition 62 (Learn more)
Diminishes the rights of victims while protecting criminals, in opposition to Proposition 62 (Learn more)
Increases taxpayer costs, in opposition to Proposition 62 (Learn more)
Eliminates the risk of executing an innocent person, in support of Proposition 62 (Learn more)
Erases an extreme racial inequality and the disparity in death penalty sentencing , in support of Proposition 62 (Learn more)
Repeals death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Applies retroactively to existing death sentences. Increases the portion of life inmates? wages that may be applied to victim restitution. Fiscal Impact: Net ongoing reduction in state and county criminal justice costs of around $150 million annually within a few years, although the impact could vary by tens of millions of dollars depending on various factors.
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