I think the public is becoming more sophisticated and intelligent about this issue.

I think that they were calculating on this never becoming public, that the government wouldn't find out about it.

Filtering technologies, and the way that they are implemented, are becoming more sophisticated.

It's a very odd time for us. It will be very bipolar, because we have this momentum with the commission and public support in the polls for the death penalty falling, and then we have a Texas-style execution process.

We're actually very encouraged by the numbers being in the low 60s in terms of general support and with almost 40 percent saying that they think the death penalty is not being applied fairly. Historically those are great numbers.

The sophistication of Californians on this issue is growing. We're getting closer to that point when the death penalty can no longer drive political decisions as it has in the past.