i do want to say that judge ladoris cordell is being too modest.ally, when she stepped down from the bench, she took on herself to really be the clearing call about what is going on with three strikers. they're not high-profile crimes. they are petty thieves and pickpockets and drug users. >> can you talk about dell gains? prexy is one of my clients but he was sentenced to life for possession of stolen property. he is mentally retarded and severely mentally ill. he was homeless and drug addicted part of being sentenced to life in prison. he has never hurt anybody in his life. he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial, but still his public defender wave to that issue, went to trial, put on absolutely no evidence in his defense. these are relatively small cases, not being handled by experienced attorneys. it is the most overworked prosecutors and public defenders. >> and shane taylor? >> the judge and shane tellers' cages who sentenced him to life, call me and said, i made a horrible mistake, can you do something to represent this guy was sent

that's money retired santa clara county judge ladoris cordele says directly to keeping the community safe. >> by ending the death penalty and changing it to life without the possibility of parole, we can take taxpayer dollars, and that's good public policy, and direct them to solving crimes. >> reporter: according to a report by the independent legislative analysts, prop 34 would save the state about $50 million in appellate litigation costs each year. kordell says with only 13 death row inmates executed since 1978, she says prop 34 will allow voters to get more benefit from their fax dollars. >> it's not about whether or not you believe in the death penalty. it's about recognizing that the death penalty system in california is broken, and it's broken beyond repair. >> reporter: still, this team of d.a.s and crime victims say even if it isn't a perfect system, the death penalty should still remain an option in california. and here's something interesting. 35%, more than one-third of all the funding for proposition 34 came from sources outside of california. this san jose, marianne fa