California's Death Penalty Lie
An good editorial in today's Los Angeles Times, calling on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to take action on a scheduled execution for Wednesday.
It's taken state prosecutors nearly 24 years to arrive at this moment, and Beardslee's case alone has probably cost taxpayers more than $1 million. Yet his winding path to the death chamber is hardly unusual, and his case demonstrates the caprice, unfairness and waste woven through California's death penalty. In concept, many Californians seem to approve of capital punishment; as voters, they regularly declare additional crimes subject to the death penalty. California law now lists more than 30 "death-eligible" special circumstances, more than any other state.
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