Criminal
Sep. 8, 2016
Fixing our broken death penalty
California's current death penalty has proven to be an arbitrary and unreliable government program that has cost taxpayers $5 billion dollars while resulting in "just" 13 executions — none in the past 10 years. By Andrew S. Love
Andrew S. Love
Robbins, Geller, Rudman & DowdEmail: alove@rgrdlaw.com
University of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA
Even if one believes there are some human beings who do not deserve to live because of the heinous acts they have committed, the government has yet to devise a reliable system for determining which human beings those are. California has repeatedly attempted and miserably failed in this endeavor, operating - and paying for - death penalty schemes that have proven to be ineffective, unreliable and arbitrarily applied. This November...
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