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New report assails California's death penalty system

By Douglas A. Berman

These headlines from the major California papers highlight the heart of a major report documenting flaws with California's death penalty system. From the Los Angeles Times, California's death penalty process is 'dysfunctional,' panel finds From the Sacremento Bee, Death penalty system 'close to collapse,' state panel concludes From the San Jose Mercury News, Report: State should abolish death penalty or make drastic changes The report comes from the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice and can be accessed at this link.  Crime & Consequences has a critical assessment of the report in this post. As one who has seen many of these types of reports, I am not surprised to hear about all the critiques of the capital punishment status quo, and I will not be surprised if this report does little or nothing to change that status quo.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 30, 2008 (boomark / email).