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More From California on Cost

By Steve Hall

Today's Silicon Valley Mercury News carries an OpEd by Deldelp Medina, "Without death penalty, we'd have funds to treat mental illness."  Medina is a member of California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.As someone who lost a loved one to murder, elections in California cause me pain. The death penalty is trotted out like a show pony every election cycle. The latest July 22 Field Poll is such a show pony, released as momentum builds for the California gubernatorial elections. "Seven in 10 voters favor capital punishment in California" screamed the headlines across the state. Steve Cooley's campaign for attorney general quickly took their cue, bragging that while "death sentences have declined nationwide, Cooley obtained 13 death verdicts last year, four more than the entire state of Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 24, 2010 (boomark / email).