Free Talk Live - Election 2012

California Measure 34 - End The Death Penalty?

ecigarettes — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:02:51 +0000

Home to nearly a quarter of the nation’s death row population and in a state coping with budget crisis, independent analysts estimate that getting rid of the death penalty could save California taxpayers $130 million annually. The latest polls show a narrow margin of Californians oppose Prop 34, and that significant percentages are still undecided.

A Life Sentence For Stealing Socks?

ecigarettes — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:59:30 +0000

Under California’s three strikes, a person convicted of a felony who has two or more prior convictions for certain offenses must be sentenced to at least 25 years to life in state prison, even if the third offense is nonviolent. Critics have argued it is the harshest sentencing law in the United States. Life sentences have been handed down for stealing a pair of pants, shoplifting, forging a check and breaking into a soup kitchen.

As Obama & Romney Agree on War, 3rd Parties Give Alternative View

ecigarettes — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:42:44 +0000

As Obama and Romney faced off for the last time before the general election, we once again broke the sound barrier by inserting Jill Stein of the Green Party and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party into the discussion. Before a live audience in San Rafael, California, we aired the Obama-Romney debate and paused the tape to give Stein and Anderson a chance to respond in real time to the same questions put to the major-party candidates.