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SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 12: The cause of death is listed as "lethal injection" on a copy of the death certificate of executed killer Manny Babbitt January 12, 2005 on the steps of the California State building in San Francisco. Death penalty opponents are protesting the scheduled January 17th execution of Clarence Ray Allen and are asking California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to cease all executions. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

End the Death Penalty or Speed It Up – California Faces Opposing Ballot Initiatives

SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 12: The cause of death is listed as "lethal injection" on a copy of the death certificate of executed killer Manny Babbitt January 12, 2005 on the steps of the California State building in San Francisco. Death penalty opponents are protesting the scheduled January 17th execution of Clarence Ray Allen and are asking California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to cease all executions. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

End the Death Penalty or Speed It Up – California Faces Opposing Ballot Initiatives

SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 12: The cause of death is listed as "lethal injection" on a copy of the death certificate of executed killer Manny Babbitt January 12, 2005 on the steps of the California State building in San Francisco. Death penalty opponents are protesting the scheduled January 17th execution of Clarence Ray Allen and are asking California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to cease all executions. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

End the Death Penalty or Speed It Up – California Faces Opposing Ballot Initiatives

Victims’ relatives take opposing sides in California’s election fight over the death penalty.