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Six of one / Half-dozen of the other

Monday's big story? The Scott Peterson sentence. Have the media lost their collective marbles? Why the heck is the Scott Peterson sentence being treated as such a big story? I don't mean to be callous about it but, hey, in California, life in prison is about the same as getting the death penalty.

Let's put this in perspective, shall we? There are currently 635 inmates on death row in California. California's first execution of an inmate sentenced to death was in 1992. Since then, California has executed only 10 death row inmates. Scott Peterson is more likely to die of old age than he is to actually receive the lethal injection. Sheeesh.

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El Jefe Maximo said…
Yeah, typical of California to have a no-death Death Row. Too bad they can't just, like the New York Post said, "Frey Him."
12/14/2004 03:38:00 PM
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