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A New Report From the ACLU of Northern California

By Steve Hall

The report is titled, Death in Decline '09; it's also available in Spanish.A news release announcing the report is, "Death Penalty Sentencing In Decline Across U.S.  California, Los Angeles Fall Back in National Trend Toward Permanent Imprisonment."  An excerpt:As the United States moves away from death sentences to permanent imprisonment, California?particularly Los Angeles County?lags behind, according to a new report on the death penalty by the ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC). In 2009, the number of new death sentences nationwide reached the lowest level since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.  The Golden State, however, sent more people to death row last year than in the seven preceding years...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).