California Proposition 196 (1996)
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California Proposition 196, also known as the Murder: Punishment Act was on the March 26, 1996 primary election ballot in California as a legislatively-referred state statute, where it was approved.
Proposition 196 added an additional type of first-degree murder to the state's list of special circumstances that are punishable by the death penalty or by life imprisonment with no parole. Specifically, it says that the "intentional murder of a person by discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle with the intent to inflict death" is to be added to the list of special circumstances for first-degree murder for which the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is authorized.
Proposition 195, on the same March 1996 ballot, also passed, and added three additional types of first-degree murder to the list of special circumstances.
Election results
| California Proposition 196 (1996) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | ||||
 Yes
| 85.8% | |||
| No | 14.2% | |||
| Total votes | 100% | |||
Ballot language
The language that appeared on the ballot:
- Adds the intentional murder of a person by discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle with the intent to inflict death to the list of special circumstances for first-degree murder for which the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is authorized.
- Joined to Proposition 195 (Chapter 477, Statutes of 1995). If both measures pass, murder during carjacking, murder resulting from a carjacking kidnap, and murder of juror in retaliation for, or to prevent, performance of juror's duties, are also added to the list of special circumstances.
The California Legislative Analyst's Office provided an estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact for Proposition 192. That estimate was:
- "Adoption of this measure would result in unknown state costs, potentially ranging into several millions of dollars annually in the long run."
Path to the ballot
Proposition 196 was voted onto the ballot by the California State Legislature via Senate Bill 9 (Statutes of 1995, Chapter 478).
- The vote to put it on the ballot in the California State Assembly was 55 affirmative votes and 12 negative votes.
- The vote in the California State Senate was 29 "yes" and 3 "no."
Campaign donations
According to the campaign finance reporting system sponsored by the California Secretary of State, no money was spent supporting or opposing Proposition 196.[1]
See also
External links
- Official Voter Guide to Proposition 196
- Full text of Proposition 196
- March 1996 California elections results (PDF)
