Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Criminal Law

: The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Marin County Officials Try to Prevent Construction of New San Quentin Death Row

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Huffman appeals to Brown to reconsider San Quentin death row expansion By Richard Halstead Marin Independent Journal Posted: 01/18/2011 Marin officials making a last stand to prevent construction of a new $356 million death row complex at San Quentin State Prison said Tuesday they are optimistic Gov. Jerry Brown will reconsider the project. Assemblyman Jared Huffman said he met late last week with high-ranking members of the Brown administration. "It went very well," Huffman said. "I'm hopeful that the new administration is even now in the process of taking a fresh look at this project and finally considering some more sensible and cost-effective alternatives that we've discussed with them. "I don't want to characterize their position at this point," Huffman said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 20, 2011 (boomark / email).