Posted on 30 June 2008, by Anna
It’s Official - California’s Death Penalty is a Multi-Million Dollar Failure. Now What?
By Natasha Minsker
California Progress Report
June 30, 2008
A panel of experts, including 10 law enforcement officers and prosecutors, unanimously agrees that California’s death penalty is utterly broken. To fix it, we’ll need to spend over $200 million per year. The current failed system already costs over $137 million more each year than our alternative of permanent imprisonment. Today’s report forces all Californians to ask: how much we are willing to pay for our death penalty when we have an alternative that punishes criminals and protects our communities without making us bankrupt? ....
