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"What price is too high for death row?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The question in the title of this post come from the headline of this editorial in today's Sacramento Bee. Here are excerpts: In a twisted sense of timing, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has placed the exorbitant cost of California's theoretical death penalty squarely before the public again.The Schwarzenegger administration announced last week that it plans to borrow $64.7 million from the state's cash-strapped general fund to accelerate construction of a new death row at San Quentin State Prison....The $64.7 million is merely a down payment. Construction would cost about $360 million. Interest payments on 20-year bonds the state ordinarily would sell to finance the construction could add another $150 million or more to the final price tag......continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 15, 2010 (boomark / email).