Penalty for Murder
The death penalty is prescribed under California law for murder. My brother was murdered during an attempted robbery in Los Angeles County. I phoned the prosecuting deputy district attorney and asked why the death penalty wasn’t sought. I was informed that 10 years ago it would have been but today a committee in the district attorney’s office decided because of the costs involved in appeals, it’s cheaper to seek life imprisonment without parole.
The district attorney’s office had no doubts that this was a murder. The prosecuting deputy district attorney questioned the jurors after their verdict and they too had no doubts that the defendants murdered my brother. After hearing this explanation, I thought, “If this is the case then God help us all.”
ROBERT KULICK
Los Angeles
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