California Supreme Court
Feb. 17, 2012
Death penalty foes seek support of civil practitioners
Death penalty foes are preparing to mount an aggressive campaign to persuade voters to ditch what they see as a multi-billion dollar boondoggle. They plan to appeal not just to criminal defense lawyers but also the plaintiffs' bar.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Sacramento attorney Don Heller helped write the state's death penalty law in 1978. But now he'd like nothing more than to see his handiwork abolished over concerns that the money being spent to prop-up a failing system could be better spent on education and public safety.
With just weeks to go until an initiative to repeal the death penalty is likely to qualify for the November ballot, Heller ...
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