Editorial: No Risk Death Penalty?
In response to Massachusetts' governor Romney's proposal, The Republican says this:
The bill calls for verifiable scientific evidence such as DNA analysis before someone can be sentenced to death, yet he vetoed funds approved by the Legislature two years ago to create a Department of Forensic Sciences. The state's crime laboratory and medical examiner's office currently are not sufficiently funded to provide the "gold standard" for capital punishment that Romney promises in his bill. At a time when the state can barely fund schools, it is difficult to argue that the state should spend money so the governor can make Massachusetts a "model for the nation" on capital punishment.Lawmakers should reject the governor's proposal.
Posted by katherine at 02:44 PM
