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More Reflections on the Cost of Capital Punishment in California

By Steve Hall

The East Bay Express has two lengthy, related articles.  First, "Are Capital Punishment's Financial Costs Worth It?"  It's written by Charlie Mintz. "A lot of people think the death penalty is cheaper, but that's a myth," said Natasha Minsker, death penalty policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the head of the Alameda County Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. "We want to raise awareness about the costs because we think this is an issue people can find common ground on."In this time of unprecedented fiscal crisis, the ACLU is making such costs the central focus of its latest campaign. On June 28 this year, the organization, in partnership with the Budget Justice Coalition and the Drug Policy Alliance, launched an effort to get state legislators and the governor to abolish the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 18, 2010 (boomark / email).