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Colorado May End Death Penalty to Focus on Cold Cases

By "Persian Cowboy"

I don't know how many of you are following the death penalty abolition in Colorado, but this Washington Post article is worth a read. Like many of the state's considering abolition, CO is mainly talking about cost. The interesting thing about this one is that the bill would use the money saved after abolition to investigate cold cases. So, it's still bound up in the same tough on crime/victims' rights rhetoric of LWOP bills in other states, but with a different twist. -- Bryan J. McCann, ABD DENVER -- Colorado is one of 10 states that have considered abolishing the death penalty this year to save money, but Colorado's proposal has a twist: It would use the savings to investigate about 1,400 unsolved slayings. The measure has sparked fierce debate between prosecutors and some victims' families...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 03, 2009 (boomark / email).