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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Debate Intensifies over New Death Row: Randy Dotinga for the CSM reports death penalty opponents are now opposing a proposal to move some of California's death row inmates to facilities outside San Quentin. Proponents argue San Quentin's intended expansion will cost $400 million unnecessarily since desert facilities could accomodate death row inmates. Opponents protest that lawyers, families, and activists will not have sufficient access to inmates if they are moved to the desert. Tate Murderer Denied Compassionate Release: 39 years after participating in the gruesome Tate-LaBianca murders that left 7 people dead, Susan Atkins applied for compassionate release, citing a terminal illness. Atkins testified that when Sharon Tate pleaded for the life of her unborn child, Atkins "told her I didn't have mercy for her...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).