May 2, 2011
Jerry Brown pulls plug on building San Quentin’s new death row
Gov. Jerry Brown pulled the plug today on plans to construct a new housing facility for condemned inmates at San Quentin.
Brown said in a statement that he believes it would "be unconscionable to earmark $356 million for a new and improved death row while making severe cuts to education and programs that serve the most vulnerable among us."
That bill would add an estimated $28.5 million general fund costs in annual debt service payments, his office said...
LINK - SacBee.com
