but i also know that it is going to be difficult for them to talk to somebody who hasn't in the encino. unless you have been there and witnessed it and gone through it and felt it they may have a hard time talking to you about it. the only thing you can do is be there for them. if they want to talk let them talk. let them tell you what other and no matter how bad, how shocking it may be, just love them. give them your undying support and let them know i am here for you. no matter what you've seen what you've done i am here for you because you served for me and now i'm going to serve you. as far as the rest of your family thank you so much for everything your family has done and i'm really sorry that your son has gone through and made such sacrifices. i definitely wish of the best. postcode here is the book "american sniper: the autobiography of the ost lethal sniper in u.s. history". we've been talking with the author, chris kyle on booktv. thank you mr. kyle. >> guest: thank you, sir. >> if you look at the budget for the war on drugs every year it is billions of dollars and so i was c

prop 36 on the recent encino three strikers.p 47 that turns some six felonies into misdemeanors. we're clearly seeing a trend that's rethinking criminal sentencing. >> and you're okay with that? >> that's right. i'm okay with it. i enforce the law. i interpret the law. >> i want to move on to the death penalty. 745 or so inmates on death row in california. 13 have been executed in the last several decades. the leading cause of death on death row is old age, followed by i think suicide. is the death penalty working in california? >> it depends how you define working. is it a law that we are working as a court to implement? absolutely, we are. 25% of the california supreme court case load is dedicated to the automatic appeal death penalty case and to the habeas corpus petition that accompanies every single case. so are we working on these? absolutely. they have anywhere from 18 to 32 to 40 claims in these kinds of cases on appeal. the supreme court answers every single one of these responses. now, in terms of the length, it takes

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