Criminal
Jun. 1, 2020
AG can choose to stop defending some death sentences during COVID-19
Using his significant -- and underutilized -- power to control post-conviction case resolution, the AG can serve the public interest by making wise use of limited resources.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused California's largest budget deficit ever. State employees face a 10% pay cut, and agencies' budgets are being reduced across the board. The court system must figure out how to operate safely in a pandemic, while itself facing cuts. As one commentator posits, in this environment, the modern death penalty -- which has always been "the antithesis of efficient and effective use of government time and resources" -- may be "a kind of 'legal ...
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