January 8, 2009
Prosecutors, Cops and Judges: Ready to Ditch California’s Death Penalty
For Jeanne Woodford, the former warden of San Quentin and former Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, it wasn't the years of delays in death penalty cases but the experience of actually carrying out executions that shaped her perspective. In October, the L.A. Times published Woodford's reflections:
As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, "Is the world safer because of what we did tonight?" We knew the answer: No…
LINKM - CaliforniaProgressReport.com
