[Partisan Hack]

It's California. I didn't think the pursuit of the death penalty would happen. I'm thrilled they're going for it!

[cyncooper]

You're right, of course--California. The good guys in Modestohave all seemed pretty straight up, so good for them.

[BunnySlippers]

We have zillions of people on Death Row. They just stay there forever. We still convict people and condemn them to Death Row ... we just don't exxecute.

[ysoitanly]

I wish I could share your enthusiasm - and absolutely no offense intended. I live here in California, and yes, we are one of the few states that still has the death penalty. BUT - being California, this case will take YEARS to go to trial, and this dipstick now has a public defender at our expense. If he gets the death penalty sentence, which I am almost certain he will, he will cost us $100,000 a year to be on death row while filing appeal after appeal, studying law, and then finally finding God. He'll watch his TV in a private cell provided for 'his protection', since the code of inmates calls for his demise. The best he can hope for is to raise money through a reality show with OJ and Robert Blake called: "The Hunt for the Real Killer Continues'."

[Alissa]

It's California. I didn't think the pursuit of the death penalty would happen. I'm thrilled they're going for it!

You must remember this is Modesto. San Francisco doesn't give a damn unless the victim is gay or homeless. LA doesn't give a damn unless it's a celebrity. The rest of the coast doesn't give a damn because they're too involved in one kind or another meditation/spiritual enrichment so they are oblivious to the news!

Lived there, been there. I know them. Even have relatives there.