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California Proposition 196, Death Penalty or Life Imprisonment for Drive-by Shooting Murders Measure (March 1996)

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California Proposition 196
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Election date
March 26, 1996
Topic
Law enforcement
Status
Approveda Approved
Type
State statute		Origin
State legislature

California Proposition 196 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in California on March 26, 1996. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported adding drive-by shooting murders to the list of crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment.

A "no" vote opposed adding drive-by shooting murders to the list of crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment.


Overview

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 added 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.

Proposition 195, which was also on the ballot, was approved, and it added three additional types of first-degree murder to the list of special circumstances.

Election results

California Proposition 196

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

4,873,194 85.80%
No 806,481 14.20%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 196 was as follows:

“

Punishment for Murder. Special Circumstances. Drive-By Shootings. Legislative Initiative Amendment.

”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“
  • 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.
”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Fiscal impact statement

The fiscal impact statement was as follows:

“
  • Adoption of this measure would result in unknown state costs, potentially ranging into several millions of dollars annually in the long run.

[1]

”


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).

Votes in legislature to refer to ballot
Chamber Ayes Noes
Assembly 55 12
Senate 29 3

See also

1996 Measures

California

News and analysis


External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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