With the news that the Mississippi attorney general’s office is requesting permission to hold three executions during the month of May, staff writer Melanie Addington takes a look at the death penalty and what its effects cost communities and the state. (April 22, 2010, Page 4)
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Published: April 22, 2010
Writer: Melanie Addington
Names: " California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, "No Tomorrow, "Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis", Dale Leo Bishop, Department of Corrections, Donald A. Cabana, Floyd McBride, Gerald James Holland, Jackson Free Press, Joseph Daniel Burns, Krystal King, Paul Woodward, PBS, Rebecca Coleman, Rhonda Crance, U.S. Supreme Court
Places: Adams County, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penetentiary, Parchman, Tupelo Town House Motel
Tags: Columnist, death penalty, Mississippi executions, Opinion