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Noticing the many costs of California's capital craziness

By Douglas A. Berman

California had quite a death penalty week, with lots of litigation and lots of stops and starts and stops again in its effort to finally execute Albert Brown three decades after he raped and murdered a teenage girl.  These two different follow-up articles highlight just some of the costs imposed by California's capital craziness: From the California Progress Report, this piece headlined "California's $4 Million Rollercoaster Ride" starts and ends this way: California?s death penalty has always been a bit of a head-scratcher, but the news over the last two weeks may have the record for furrowed brows and rolled eyes. The legal drama that has unfolded as the state tries to execute Albert Brown has shocked legal experts, but just confused everyone else...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 02, 2010 (boomark / email).