Thread: Gov. Brown ends construction of new death row

Brown ends construction of new death row

April 28, 2011 | 12:39pm

Gov. Jerry Brown has put a halt to plans for a $356-million construction project that would have created a new home at San Quentin prison for California's condemned inmates.

"At a time when children, the disabled and seniors face painful cuts to essential programs, the State of California cannot justify a massive expenditure of public dollars for the worst criminals in our state," Brown said in a news release Thursday afternoon.

The new housing unit would have provided room for 1,152 inmates, but California currently has fewer than 700 inmates awaiting execution, according to the governor's office.

Canceling the construction plans will save the state's general fund $28.5 million per year, the money it would have cost to finance the construction loan, the governor's office said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/califor ... h-row.html

On a side note 13 people have been executed since California reinstated the death penalty in 1977, but 56 others have died on death row of other causes, including 14 of suicide since October 25, 2007.

Instead of building more death rows, they should make available more items like rope, razor blades and other useful items to those serving on death row.

Canceling the construction plans will save the state's general fund $28.5 million per year, the money it would have cost to finance the construction loan, the governor's office said.

This is great news! The illegal invaders will appreciate it!