Criminal
Jul. 20, 2011
Habeas center braces for budget cut
The Habeas Corpus Resource Center is bracing for yet another budget cut, just three years after a bipartisan commission recommended a 500 percent increase in the center's funding.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Three years ago, a bipartisan commission created by the Legislature to study fairness in the criminal justice system declared California's death penalty system in a state of crisis. The commission recommended a 500 percent increase in funding for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, a judicial branch entity that handles habeas corpus appeals for death row inmates.
In the three years since the report...
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