Government
Nov. 9, 2009
ACLU: Ending Executions Saves Cash
The ACLU says the Attorney General's office could avoid sending an unprecedented number of cases out to private attorneys if the state of California would put an end to the death penalty.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - The ACLU says the state attorney general's office could avoid sending an unprecedented number of cases out to private attorneys if the state of California would put an end to the death penalty.
According to a 2008 budget report from the attorney general's office, 15 percent of the office's resources are used on death penalty cases at a cost of $13 million a ...
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