Death Penalty
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Enter response:the problem that a lot of you are overlooking is the enormous backlog of death row inmates in the california system at san quentin. the california system as of '01 (latest on Department of Corrections website) there were 593 inmates on death row. the number has only grown since death penalty was reenacted in 1977 in CA. in all likelyhood scott peterson will die of natural causes and not be executed as is the case with most new death row inmates. so functionally peterson was given a life sentance with more protection on death row than he would get in a normal jail. not to mention he is of high profile and will be given special treatment for years. anyone making the argument that a death sentance saves CA taxpayers money over a life sentance either has great confidence in modern medicine (prolonging life expectancy) or does not understand the current corrections system in the good ol' golden state :)