Letter to the Editor
Sep. 21, 2012
Prop 34 support focused on financial costs a case of the 'tail wagging the dog'
Instead of their touching concern for the public purse, they should focus more on the just and deterrent effects of the death penalty. By John K. Haggerty
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
The undue focus which opponents of the death penalty such as Judge Arthur L. Alarcon and Professor Paula M. Mitchell ("Report attempts to sway voters to quash death penalty," Sept. 14) have been placing on the financial costs of the death penalty in an effort to persuade the voters to pass Prop. 34 this year is a case of the "tail wagging the dog." Instead of their touching concern for the public purse, they should focus more o...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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