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Time to Kill the Death Penalty

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That's the title of an editorial in Colorado's Greeley Tribune.  LINKEven justice has a price tag, and in today?s times, when legislators were talking about cutting $500 million from higher education, we have to make tough choices on the kind of justice we?d like to pursue.We think the Colorado House made the right decision when it decided to kill the death penalty and use the money toward solving cold cases. We understand perfectly why families of victims would want to see the ones who caused them so much pain put to death. But in these times, we simply can?t afford it.The death penalty is a luxury.The last death-penalty case tried in Colorado cost $1.4 million to prosecute. It costs around $70,000 to prosecute a non-capital case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).