But it has not executed anyone since a judge imposed a moratorium in 2006.
Now that judge is visiting the new execution chamber to see if it is acceptable enough to him to resume executions.
The state, in a massive budget crisis, still spent $900,000 to build the new execution room.
Here's hoping all that money did not get spent for nothing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_re_us/us_california_executions
I think that it is ridiculous that California spent almost one million dollars in order to build a new execution room that would meet the Judges standards. California is already in a debt estimated of $28 billion. Do they not have more important things to spend their money on than a death chamber? Also, California has the largest amount of inmates on death row. It costs thousands of dollars to pay for an inmate on death row. I think that the best thing for this Judge to do, is to stop giving out the death penalty, and not worry about the execution room. California has been trying to change their prison system to reduce the population, however spending money on an execution room and sending even more people to prison and to death row is not going to help their cause!
ReplyDeleteeally?? $900,000 on a new execution room? The idea that any state would spend that much money is ridiculous. I defiantly think that those who commit horrible crimes should have consequences for their actions. I do not believe in the death penalty. I just cant see the reasoning in spending that amount of money on an imperfect system. States cut spending on so many programs to help offenders but can spend upwards of one million dollars on killing them blows my mind.
ReplyDeleteFebruary 10, 2011 4:54 PM
Really California! What a waste of resources on something so primal! Especially in times like this.
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