News Coverage

"I now understand that the death penalty is a cruel and simplistic response to complex problem of violent crime. Our limited resources could be better spent on programs that focus on stopping violence before it starts." 
        --Darryl Stallworth, Former Alameda County Deputy District Attorney.

Recent News and Editorials

Death Penalty: Watching the Winds of Illinois Editorial, Vallejo Times Herald (3/11/2011)

Brown should convert death sentences to life without parole Editorial, Mercury News (2/20/2011)

 Judge Fogel and the Death Penalty Editorial, New York Times (2/10/2011)

Demise of a Death Drug Editorial, Los Angeles Times (1/27/2011)

Without death penalty, we'd have funds to treat mental illness Op-Ed by Deldelp Medina, Mercury News (8/24/2010)

Are Capital Punishment Costs Worth it? East Bay Express (8/22/2010)

A Death Penalty Record Editorial, Los Angeles Times (4/8/2010)

Aqeela Sherrills: One father's message to another Daily News Los Angeles (1/26/2010)

Death Row Cases Decline In 2009 National Public Radio (1/4/2010)

Study: States can't afford death penalty CNN.com (10/20/2009)

Replace Death Penalty with Permanent Imprisonment Op Ed by John Streeter, Bill Hing and Diane Bellas, members of the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, San Francisco Chronicle (6/25/2009)

California Can't Afford the Death Penalty Op Ed by Jon Van de Kamp, LA Times (6/10/09)