Perspective
Apr. 16, 2010
As Death Penalty Cases Fade, L.A. County Pays to Buck the Trend
The rise in death sentences in Los Angeles County couldn't come at a worse time, write Natasha Minsker and Ramona Ripston of the ACLU.
As California's economic crisis forces courtrooms and courthouses around the state to close their doors, access to justice is becoming scarcer. Over the last year, most courts have been dark once a month - the first such court closures in our state's history.
Los Angeles County, home to California's largest trial court system, has been feeling the pain of those court closures in more signifi...
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