Perspective
Oct. 22, 2015
Can California have a death penalty with no executions?
The courts should conclude that California can have a death penalty even with lengthening delays and the increased likelihood that very few death sentences will be carried out. By David Degroot and Anthony Rodregous
David DeGroot
161 29th Street
San Francisco , CA 94110-4902
Phone: (415) 218-2360
Email: david@degrootlegal.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
David A. DeGroot is an attorney in San Francisco
A California trial court imposed a death sentence on Alfredo Ronaldo Prieto on June 30, 1992. He was executed Oct. 1 of this year, not in California but in Virginia, less than eight years after a court there first sentenced him to death.
The last time a California trial court issued a death sentence that has been carried out here was Aug. 23, 1984 - over 30 years ago. That prisoner waived most of his ...
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