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The people of California demand justice. The ACLU, criminals and courts demand victims never receive closure--and that more victims be created.
"Of course, there’s no way to tell just how quickly executions might resume. “California leads the country in death sentences by a good bit,” Dieter said, but he also noted that it’s been five years since California executed a condemned criminal (Clarence Ray Allen). “It still may be another year before executions can take place,” he added.
According to CDCR statistics, there are 718 individuals on death row right now, yet the state has, since 1978, carried out just 13 executions (41 died of natural causes in the same period). The state likes to condemn criminals to death, but what happens to them after seems less important.
The problem with that, as Dieter pointed out, is that California’s death row is very expensive. “It’s an enormous expense to keep this operation going,” he said. “It costs $100 million a year. And California is still facing one of the largest budget deficits in the nation.”
It is more expensive to keep the murderers alive. It is more expensive to tell a would be murderer they can live to 100, if convicted and sentenced to death. .
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"Of course, there’s no way to tell just how quickly executions might resume. “California leads the country in death sentences by a good bit,” Dieter said, but he also noted that it’s been five years since California executed a condemned criminal (Clarence Ray Allen). “It still may be another year before executions can take place,” he added.
According to CDCR statistics, there are 718 individuals on death row right now, yet the state has, since 1978, carried out just 13 executions (41 died of natural causes in the same period). The state likes to condemn criminals to death, but what happens to them after seems less important.
The problem with that, as Dieter pointed out, is that California’s death row is very expensive. “It’s an enormous expense to keep this operation going,” he said. “It costs $100 million a year. And California is still facing one of the largest budget deficits in the nation.”
It is more expensive to keep the murderers alive. It is more expensive to tell a would be murderer they can live to 100, if convicted and sentenced to death. .
More...