allen davis, a man who bounced in and out of prison for years, kidnapped and killed 12-year-old polly klass. it was aimed at locking up dangerous, violent felons for good. but it also resulted in decades long sentences for drug addicts such as robert, with previous burglary and robbery convictions, he was sentenced to 50 years to life. >> that's why i wanted to commit suicide. i mean it's 50 years. the hardest days for me in here, when a guy that has committed a murder, and he goes home doing less time than me. i've never shot a gun, never put my hands on anybody physically. i've caused harm. i've hurt people, not 50 years' worth. >> reporter: governor jerry brown is now pushing a ballot measure that could change roberts' life. proposition 57 aims to release some inmates before their full term, thereby reducing the prison population and removing the system from federal control. >> the supreme court says prison conditions are terrible. it's overcrowded. people are committing suicide. they have unconstitutional medical care. now we're putting a cap and you got to take out thousands of people

. >> tragedy also thrust marc klass into a life of advocacy after his daughter polly was raped and murderedetaluma. >> i believe that the system did exactly the right thing in this instance, and that he deserves to die for the crimes that he committed. as do all the others. >> klass passionately opposes attempts to repeal the death penalty. he supports the prop 66 on the november ballot, which aims to speed up executions by changing the appeals system, and hiring more attorneys to handle inmate appeals. >> we need to pass proposition 66 to clear up that backlog. to clear out the various barriers that currently exist. >> california's execution chamber has been silenced since 2006 following numerous legal appeals over the manner of lethal injections. wilson and klass may disagree on the merits of capital punishment, they agree, the system is broken. beyond that, there are long roads to healing veer down separate paths. >>> it is a dealer dilemma, a san jose woman has issues with a car she just purchased and she's not getting any help from the dealership. nbc bay area responds is coming up. th