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California Death Row

By Steve Hall

Today's Contra Costa Times reports, "Huffman, Leno seek to quash death row expansion."  It's written by Rob Rogers.Marin's legislative representatives say they'll fight another effort by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to expand the death row complex at San Quentin State Prison. A Schwarzenegger spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the governor plans to issue a $64 million loan from the pooled money investment account - part of the state's general fund - to begin work on a $356 million project to expand California's only facility for condemned prisoners. "The bottom line is that this is a project the Legislature approved in 2003, and the longer we delay it, the higher the costs are going to go," said spokesman H...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 12, 2010 (boomark / email).