USC/LA Times Poll: 38-51 on Prop 34
Updated: 2012-09-30 14:22:45
: HOME Main USC LA Times Poll : 38-51 on Prop 34 September 30, 2012 7:22 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Jack Leonard and Maura Dolan report in the Los Angeles Times , Support for an initiative that aims to replace capital punishment with life in prison without parole is trailing 38 to 51 the poll found . The opposition narrows , though , if the respondent is read the misleading ballot language . nbsp That language says the initiative will require inmates to work , without mentioning that current law already requires that , and that part of the wages will go to victims , without mentioning that prison work is so sparse and poorly paid that the restitution so produced will be minimal . nbsp Interestingly , adding further misleading information about fiscal consequences produces
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