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Indiana Attorney General Urges Legislators to Evaluate Death Penalty

By Steve Hall

"AG says lawmakers should reconsider death penalty," is the AP report via the Chicago Tribune. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says state lawmakers should take a look at whether the cost of death penalty cases are justifiable in these times of shrinking revenues. Zoeller says the expenses involved in lengthy capital murder trial can be exorbitant, and costs continue to accumulate during long appeals. Speaking at a criminal justice summit at the University of Notre Dame, Zoeller also said that the appeals process gives condemned prisoners a daily purpose, while prolonging the agony of victim's families. An earlier AP report provided some additional background. A meeting Monday will examine the high costs of the death penalty in Indiana...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 16, 2010 (boomark / email).