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Justice in Slow Motion

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an OpEd in the Sunday Los Angeles Times.  It's subtitled, "LAPD Det. Thomas Williams' killer has been on death row for 22 years as appeals drag on."  It's written by LA writer Arnold Friedman.  It's a must-read.  An extended excerpt: The Jenkins case illustrates why there have been only 13 executions in California since the death penalty was reinstated 33 years ago. During that time, the death row population has ballooned to 713, by far the largest in the nation. At the opposite extreme, there have been 464 executions in Texas since 1982. Currently, 317 Texas inmates wait on death row. According to state corrections figures, four times as many inmates have died of natural causes (52) as by execution in California since 1977...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 01, 2010 (boomark / email).