Perspective
Oct. 5, 2012
Why the death penalty is broken
It's not the appellate lawyers or the courts that have ended the death penalty in California. The fault is directly attributable to your local district attorney. By Ronald S. Smith
It's not the appellate lawyers or the courts that have ended the death penalty in California. The fault is directly attributable to your local district attorney.
In the course of my legal career I have been appointed by the state Supreme Court seven times to represent a person on death row. Two died before I could file my opening brief. One committed suicide and another died of natural causes.
After practicing law fo...
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