Should California Abolish The Death Penalty?

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Time and money is the reason why California should consider abolishing the death penalty. California spends about four million dollars each year on experienced defense lawyers, to ensure that accused murders do not get executed for a crime they did not do.Maganini is saying that taxpayers would save millions of dollars each year if capital cases did not exist.
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