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Detailed examination of administering the death penalty in California

By Douglas A. Berman

This article from the San Jose Mercury News details the latest doings in the on-going examination of death penalty realities in California.  Here are excerpts:A key state justice commission Friday completed its investigation into California's death penalty, as it heads toward a mid-summer report that is expected to recommend reforms to the country's most prolific capital punishment system.  In the third and final hearing on the death penalty, the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice considered testimony at Santa Clara University from a range of witnesses who raised concerns about arbitrariness and the high cost of imposing death sentences, as well as the reluctance of governors to consider clemency for death row inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 29, 2008 (boomark / email).