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Money, the Death Penalty, and California

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Natasha Minsker's OpEd, "Save $1 Billion in Five Years: End the Death Penalty California," is in the current issue of City Watch LA.  She's the death penalty policy director for the ACLU of Northern California.In the market for a prime piece of real estate? Governor Schwarzenegger has the deal for you! Facing a $21.3 Billion budget deficit in California, Schwarzenegger has offered to sell state-owned property to make up the difference. The crown jewel of the proposed fire sale is San Quentin State Prison, home to California?s death row and beautifully situated in the San Francisco Bay. But before he can flip San Quentin for a profit, Gov. Schwarzenegger will have to figure out what to do with the 680 condemned inmates who currently call it home...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).