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Can We Afford Death Penalty?

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That's the headline of a news article in the Sunday edition of Florida's Sarasota Herald Express. It's written by Todd Ruger.  LINK Florida's public defenders are pushing the Legislature to temporarily end the death penalty this year, but the focus is not about morality, or the possibility of executing an innocent person. The state could save money -- some estimates are $51 million a year -- if it temporarily stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants and executing death row inmates, a Polk County assistant public defender told state senators this month."Right now the whole question is: 'Can we afford to keep doing this with all the other cuts that are being made?'" Rex Dimmig said in an interview this week...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).