California Supreme Court
Jul. 1, 2009
Death Penalty Is Too Costly, Opponents Say
Opponents of capital punishment proposed a five-year moratorium on executions Tuesday, claiming it would save the state nearly $1 billion.
By Matthew Pordum
Daily Journal Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - Suggesting that the death penalty is killing the California budget, opponents of capital punishment proposed a five-year moratorium on executions Tuesday, claiming they would save the state nearly $1 billion. The proposal came from religious leaders, students, victims' rights advocates and relatives of death row inmates at a hearing to discuss new procedures created by the California Departm...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - Suggesting that the death penalty is killing the California budget, opponents of capital punishment proposed a five-year moratorium on executions Tuesday, claiming they would save the state nearly $1 billion. The proposal came from religious leaders, students, victims' rights advocates and relatives of death row inmates at a hearing to discuss new procedures created by the California Departm...
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