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Letting Go of the Death Penalty

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That's the title of a post at Huffington Post by Richard Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center.Most states are facing drastic cuts in vital services because of the recession. Schools, health care, and law enforcement will have to get by with less. Death penalty cases, however, stand out, demanding more money even as executions become less likely. In this economic climate, they may be a luxury we can no longer afford. According to a recent report released by the Death Penalty Information Center, the death penalty is being used less and executions are being carried out in only a few states. Yet the costs are becoming more of an issue as the pressure to avoid the mistakes of the past has grown. There were 37 executions in 2008; 95% of them were in the South and almost half were in just one state -- Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).