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1. SPORTS POOL DECRIMINALIZATION BILL......VO/SOT
2. SICK DAYS AND FLEXIBLE HOURS..................VO/SOT
3. MAJOR DEATH PENALTY ANNOUNCEMENT...VO/SOT
4. "SECRET WAR" EDUCATION BILL................REQUEST
5. PETITION GATHERER LEGISLATION................VO/SOT
3. NOT SO MAJOR DEATH PENALTY ANNOUNCEMENT VO/SOT
LIVE: A GROUP OF CALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS SAYS CALIFORNIA TAKES TOO LONG TO EXECUTE CONDEMNED INMATES, AND IS SUPPORTING SEVEN BILLS IT SAYS WILL REFORM THE STATE'S DEATH PENALTY LAWS.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:30) THE CALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' ASSOCIATION SAYS THE AVERAGE TIME BETWEEN A DEATH PENALTY SENTENCE AND EXECUTION IN CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT 17 YEARS. FORMER STATE LAWMAKER ROD PACHECO CO-CHAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION'S CAPITAL LITIGATION COMMITTEE. THE DEATH PENALTY REFORM BILLS WOULD REDUCE THE TIME ALLOWED TO CERTIFY DEATH PENALTY TRIAL RECORDS, REQUIRE ATTORNEY APPOINTMENTS TO DEATH PENALTY APPEALS WITHIN A YEAR OF THE CERTIFICATION, AND ALLOW MURDER VICTIM SURVIVORS TO FORMALLY QUESTION DELAYS IN DEATH PENALTY APPEALS TO SPEED THE APPEALS PROCESS.
SUPER: ROD PACHECO/DISTRICT ATTORNEY/RIVERSIDE COUNTY
SOT: (:28)
SAYS: "THE DELAYS DO SEVERAL THINGS..., BASICALLY THEIR ADULT LIVES."
VO TAG: THE DEATH PENALTY REFORMS WOULD ALSO ADD THE MURDER OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 14 TO THE LIST OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH PENALTY SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS.
PACHECO SAYS IF STATE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT PASS THE DEATH PENALTY REFORM BILLS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' ASSOCIATION WILL SPONSOR A BALLOT INITIATIVE TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME ENDS IN 2010.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: ROD PACHECO/DISTRICT ATTORNEY/RIVERSIDE COUNTY
SOT: (:09)
SAYS: "I THERE'S A FAILURE TO PASS THOSE LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS, THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INITIATIVE IN 2010."