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California Can't Afford the Death Penalty

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That's the title of an OpEd in today's Los Angeles Times by the state's former attorney general, John Van de Kamp.  It carries the subhead, "Eliminating capital punishment, which is rarely carried out anyhow, would save the state $125 million a year."  Here's an excerpt from the top of this must-read:There are many reasons why people object to the death penalty. Opponents point to the ever-present risk of wrongful conviction. They note that there's bias against people of color and low-income defendants, as well as geographic disproportionality in its administration. And there's the fact that most other civilized societies around the world have concluded that it should be abolished.But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).