Letters,
Criminal
Sep. 2, 2010
Call to Governor: Change Death Row Sentences to Life in Prison
By John F. Montoya of the Los Angeles deputy public defender's office.
John Montoya
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office
Arnold Schwarzenegger's term as California governor will end very shortly. He may have once had aspirations of becoming president, but I think he now realizes that was only a dream and that his political career is about to end. But before it does end, I believe that Schwarzenegger should commute the sentences of all persons on California's death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Those who are philosophically opposed to the death penalty will praise such a decision a...
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