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Sunday, March 4, 2007
Capital punishment: Too much capital?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s time for Georgia to talk about the death penalty. The Brian NIchols case threatens to wipe out the state’s entire budget for indigent defense in death penalty cases.
Forget, for a moment, where you stand on capital punishment, and let’s tackle a more practical issue: Can we afford the death penalty in this state? What if prosecutors always had the option of seeking a sentence of life without possibility of parole?
Read Sunday’s in-depth editorial on this issue and then tell us what you think: Is it time to give up on executions?
