[texas booster]

So he is sentenced to death in ‘85 or ‘86 and dies in 2013 of natural causes?

Doesn't seem like the death penalty in CA is much of a deterrent.

[Pharmboy]

I did not see ‘natural causes’ anywhere in the article. Did you see that somewhere else? I figured he got beaten to death or shiv’d.

[newbie 10-21-00]

We have almost 700 scum on death row and I can’t remember the last time that number was reduced the way it’s supposed to be reduced.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Doesn't seem like the death penalty in CA is much of a deterrent.

Texas is very active in putting criminals to death and yet people there still commit murder, don't they?

If you compare the murder rates of California and Texas you'd find that the two are comparable.

So, the conclusion to draw here is that the death penalty isn't a deterrent, period.