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Death Row Getting Crowded

Published Dec 12, 2001 8:35 am : Updated Jan 31, 2009 5:56 pm

The Justice Department says California has the largest Death Row population of any state, but just nine executions since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. A spokesman for Attorney General Bill Lockyer says the slow pace is frustrating to prosecutors and crime victims.

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 5:56 pm