Commission in the Press
Column: Help for the Wrongfully Convicted
by John Van de Kamp and Kathleen Ridolfi, The Orange County Register, 09/16/08

Death Penalty Survival Uncertain, State Finds
by Roger Phelps, El Dorado Hills Telegraph, 07/10/08

Viewpoint: Turn to Other Options for Death Penalty
by Susan Plyburn & Howard Gillingham, San Luis Obispo Tribune, 07/10/08

Yes: System Needs to Be Improved, Not Eliminated
by Gregory Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 07/09/08

No: Many Reasons the State Should Abolish This System
by Allen I. Freehling, Bill Ong Hing, and Douglas Ring, San Diego Union-Tribune, 07/09/08

Out of Commission
by Stephen F. Rohde, San Francisco Daily Journal, 07/08/08

Editorial: A Dysfunctional Death Penalty Serves No One
by Editorial Board, Sacramento Bee, 07/06/08

The Orange Grove: Death Penalty Expensive, Immoral
by Chris Mears, Orange County Register, 07/06/08

Convicted Killer's Penalty Phase Set to Start
by Jeremy Oberstein, Glendale News Press, 07/06/08

Sham Death Penalty Isn't Worth the Price (scroll down)
by Record Searchlight Staff, Redding Record-Searchlight, 07/06/08

Death Penalty Perpetuates Vicious Cycle of Violence
by Darryl Stallworth, San Jose Mercury News, 07/06/08

Study Shows It is Time to Do Away with Death Penalty
by Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune, 07/06/08

A Moribund System: If Capital Punishment is To Work, It Needs a Major Overhaul
by Editorial Board, Stockton Record, 07/06/08

Death Penalty and Race: Scales of Justice May Weigh Heavily Against Blacks
by Claire Cooper, Sacramento Bee, 07/06/08

Californians Can't Pay for Justice
by Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times, 07/05/08

Experts Find Death Penalty 'Dysfunctional'
Pasadena Weekly, 07/03/08

The Insider: A New Death Penalty Study and the Bologna Case
by Editorial Board, Tri-Valley Herald, 07/03/08

Reform Death Penalty
by Editorial Board, Contra Costa Times, 07/03/08

Commission: Abolish or Limit Death Penalty
by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News, 07/01/08

With Backlog of 670, US's Longest Death Row is 'Near Breakdown'
by Jacqui Goddard, The Scotsman Edinburgh, 07/02/08

Editorial: Death Penalty System Requires a Major Overhaul
by Editorial Board, San Jose Mercury News, 07/02/08

Death Penalty Deserves Its Own Death
by Editorial Board, Visalia Times Delta, 07/02/08

UN Rights Investigator Blasts US Justice System (scroll down)
by Arab Times Kuwait, 07/03/08

Panel Condemns State's Death Penalty System
by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 07/01/08

California's Death Penalty System 'Dysfunctional'
by Kevin Johnson, USAToday, 07/01/08

California's Death Penalty Process is 'Dysfunctional,' Panel Finds
by Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 07/01/08

Report: California Death Penalty System Deeply Flawed
by Paul Elias, Associated Press, 06/30/08

Panel Finds California Death Penalty Flawed, Urges Overhaul
by M.S. Enkoji, Sacramento Bee, 07/01/08

Panel Finds California Death Penalty System 'Dysfunctional': Report
by AFP , 06/30/08

California's Death Penalty 'Close to Collapse'
by FOXNews.com, 06/30/08

Panel Faults California's Death Penalty
by United Press International, 06/30/08

California's Death Penalty System 'Dysfunctional'
by Marcey Brightwell, ABC News10 Sacramento, 06/30/08

County Bows Out on Possible Capital Cases
by Virginia Hennessey, Monterey County The Herald, 07/01/08

California Death Penalty System 'Dysfunctional'
by Fox6 SanDiego, 06/30/08

Death of the Death Penalty?
by The South African Star, Johannesburg, South Africa, 07/01/08

Political Landscape: Death Penalty Bill is Executed
by Brianna Bailey, Daily Pilot, 06/25/08

Flat Fee for Criminal Defense Faulted
by Ryan Oliver, San Francisco Daily Journal, 04/18/08

Legal Help for Poor Defendants Called Inadequate
by Karen de Sa, San Jose Mercury News, 04/18/08

Final Death Penalty Hearing Held
by Rebecca Beyer, San Francisco Daily Journal, 03/31/08

Sounding Off: Death Penalty Shouldn't Be Killed
by Geoff West, Daily Pilot, 03/29/08

Panel Holds Final Hearing on Death Penalty
by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News, 03/29/08

A Sentence Too Close to Call
by Harold Hall, Los Angeles Times, 03/27/08

Consensus on Counting the Innocent: We Can't
by Adam Liptak, New York Times, 03/25/08

Budget Deficit Forces Justices to Sidetrack Death Penalty Reform
by Samantha Young, San Jose Mercury News, 03/25/08

An Eye for An Eye
by Andrea Laidman, The Observer, 03/18/08

Loophole Lets State Save By Evading Spirit of the Law
by Dana Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 03/18/08

It's a Gray Area: Facing Facts on the Death Penalty
by Judge James P. Gray, Daily Pilot, 03/15/08

Justice Panel Urges DAs to Set Exculpatory Evidence Policies
by Ryan Oliver, San Francisco Daily Journal, 03/07/08

Death Penalty System Loaded With Racial Bias
by Gloria Romero, Los Angeles Daily News, 02/27/08

Slaughter of the Innocence
by Robert Greene, Los Angeles Times, 02/25/08

Chief Justice Drops Bid to Speed Up Death Penalty Appeals
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 02/24/08

State Fails Wrongly Convicted Prisoners
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 02/23/08

His Testimony Convicted--And Could Set Free
by Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times, 02/22/08

Lessons from Two Years Without the Death Penalty in California
by Judy Kerr, California Progress Report, 02/21/08
California: Cuestionar la Pena de Muerte
by Sen. Gloria Romero, LA Opinion, 2/21/08 (Spanish)

State Panel Examines Death Penalty
Interview by Frank Stoltze on Morning Edition, KPCC 89.3 Southern California Public Radio, 2/21/08 (Requires RealPlayer audio program)

Lawyers Divided on Death Penalty System
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 02/21/08

Death Penalty Survey Gets Few Responses
by Jessica Logan, Inland News Press Enterprise, 02/21/08

Twenty-five Years on Death Row
by Amy Runge Gaffney, Chico News and Review, 02/21/08

Victim's Mom Speaks to Death Panel
by Rod Leveque, San Bernardino Sun, 02/20/08

Families to Testify
by Rod Leveque, Daily Bulletin, 02/19/08

Most State D.A.'s Silent on Death Penalty Reasoning
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 02/20/08

Death Penalty Panel Looks at Reasons for Reversals
by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News, 02/18/08

DNA Tests Fuel Urgency to Free the Innocent
by Brian Harkin, USA Today, 02/18/08

Stephanie Crowe, in Life and Death: Fallout from Slaying of Escondido Girl Continues 10 Years Later
by Teri Figueroa, North County Times, 01/20/08
We Should Be Devoted to Ending Injustice, Not Ending More Lives
by Naomi White and Derrel Myers, San Jose Mercury News, 01/18/08
Letter to the Editor: Reform Needed in California's Death-Penalty Administration
by Jon Streeter, The Daily Journal, 01/12/08
Slashing and Bashing
by Steve Harmon, Edwin Garcia, & Alvie Lindsay, Contra Costa Times, 01/13/08
Lieber Reacts to Death Penalty Fast Track Plan
by California Political Desk, California Chronicle, 01/12/08
George Lobbies Panel on Reforming Death-Penalty Appeals
by Laura Ernde, The Daily Journal, 01/11/08
Death Penalty System is a Mess, Legal Experts tell Calif. Panel
by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News, 01/11/08
McNerney Leads Southern Border Checkup (scroll down to bottom)
by Josh Richman, InsideBayArea.com, 01/11/08
Legal Experts Weigh Death Penalty Reform
by Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times, 01/11/08
Death Penalty Proposal Will Alleviate Backlog, George Tells Commission
by Michael A. Piekarz, Metropolitan News-Enterprise, 01/11/08
State's Chief Justice Calls for Death Penalty Case Reform
by Crystal Carreon, Sacramento Bee, 01/10/08
Death Penalty Review Slow
by Don Thompson, Associated Press, 01/10/08
Execute Justice: The Time Has Come to End California's Death Penalty
by Natasha Minsker, California Progress Report, 01/10/08
At Oakland P.D., Taping Not A Given
by Mary Fricker, San Jose Mercury News, 12/18/07
Three Vetoes
Hawaii Reporter, 11/09/2007
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bills to Reduce Wrongful Convictions
by Jim Lindburg, Friends Committee on Legislation Newsletter, Sept./Oct. 2007
Be Fair to Prosecutors
by John Poyner, The Daily Journal, 11/22/07
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Justice
by Radley Balko, FOX News, 11/05/07
Panel Urges Reporting of Misconduct
by Ryan Oliver, San Francisco Daily Journal, 10/19/07
Forum Column: Death by Prosecutor
by Natasha Minsker & Daniel Ballon, San Francisco Daily Journal, 10/18/07
Legal Advocates Blast Schwarzenegger for Vetoing Three Justice Bills: Effort To Reduce False Convictions Blocked
by Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, 10/18/07
Editorial: Dumb on Crime--Governor Vetoes Three That Should Be Law
by Editorial Board, Sacramento Bee, 10/18/07
Editorial: Water, Health Care Bills Are Still Missing in Action
by Editorial Board, San Jose Mercury News, 10/16/07
California: Veto of 3 Criminal Justice Bills
by Solomon Moore, The New York Times, 10/16/07
Governor Vetoes Bills Opposed by Law Enforcement
by Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle, 10/16/07
Editorial: Injustice Before Inconvenience--Gov. Schwarzenegger Turns a Blind Eye to Injustice with Veto of Three Modest Bills
by Editorial Board, The Orange County Register, 10/16/07
Governor Vetoes Bills on Criminal Procedure
by a Times Staff Writer, The Los Angeles Times, 10/16/07
Governor To Take Up Lineup Bill
by Bruce Gerstman, The Contra Costa Times, 10/13/07
Sign These Bills, Governor
by Editorial Board, The Los Angeles Times, 10/10/07
Exoneration Using DNA Brings Change in Legal System
by Solomon Moore, The New York Times, 10/01/07
Bill Would Mandate Recording Suspects
by Mark Sauer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9/30/07
Disagree With Spitzer And You Love Criminals
by Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 9/30/07
Push for Innocence Panel Is Renewed
by Max B. Baker, Dallas/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9/30/07
Falsely Imprisoned East Palo Alto Man to Get $2.75 Million Settlement
by Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, 9/29/07
Spitzer's Demagogic Speech on Justice Reform
by Steven Greenhut, Orange Punch Blog, 9/28/07
Falsely Imprisoned Man Hoping For Settlement From City: Man in Jail For Almost 14 Years, Now in mid-30's
KNBC-4 Los Angeles, 9/27/07
Writing New Rules to Protect Innocent
by Thomas Sullivan, Sacramento Bee, 9/26/07
Editorial: Schwarzenegger Can Sign Bills, Avoid False Convictions
by Editorial Board, San Jose Mercury News, 9/26/07
California Is Right to Try to Reduce its Number of Wrongful Criminal Convictions
by Editorial Board, Daily Breeze, 9/19/07
Bills Will Help Keep Innocencent Out of Jail
by Editorial Board, San Bernardino County Sun, 9/16/07
Innocence Lost: What Happens When The Toughest Criminal Justice System In the World Keeps Locking Up the Wrong People--For Life
by Nina Martin, San Francisco Magazine, 2004
Bills Will Help Keep Innocent Out of Jail
by Editorial Board, Inland Valley Daily Journal, 9/17/07
In Service of Justice
by Editorial Board, Pasadena Star News, 9/12/07
Small Steps Toward Better Justice
by Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 9/7/07
Laws Would Help Keep Innocent Out of Prison
by Gloria Romero, Elaine Alquist, and Mark Ridley-Thomas, San Jose Mercury News, 9/07/07
DeVore Shows Why He Is Most Principled OC Legislator, Spitzer Shows Why He Should Never Be DA
by Steven Greenhut, Orange Punch: A Liberty Blog, 9/06/07
Justice Department Urged To Investigate FBI Staffer
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 9/5/07
Editorial: Who Pays When Someone Is Falsely Accused?
by Editorial Board, The Sacramento Bee, 8/29/07
Best Police Lineup Format Not Yet ID'd
by Angela Rozas, Chicago Tribune, 7/30/07
DNA Backlog Results in Justice Crisis, Observers Say: Attorney General Says Poor Pay Contributes to Problem
KCRA Channel 3, Sacramento, 7/23/07
NC Lawmakers Approve Lineup, Interrogation Recording Standards
by Gary D. Robertson, Raleigh-Durham News & Observier, 7/23/07
Study of Wrongful Convictions Raises Questions Beyond DNA
by Adam Liptak, New York Times, 7/23/07
Doing Time For No Crime
by Arthur Carmona, Los Angeles Times, 7/13/07
Lawyers Clash Over Prosecutorial Misconduct
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 7/12/07
Panel Scrutinizes Prosecutorial Role in Wrongful Convictions
by Ryan Oliver, San Francisco Daily Journal, 7/12/07
Panel Told Errors Are Pervasive
by Frederic N. Tulsky, San Jose Mercury News, 7/12/07
Editorial: High Time The Hands-Off Approach To Prosecutorial Misconduct Changes
by Bennett Gershman, San Jose Mercury News, 7/11/07
California Legislature Addresses Wrongful Convictions
Interview by Larry Mantle on AirTalk, KPCC 89.3 Southern California Public Radio, 6/27/07 (Requires RealPlayer audio program; click link in center of page)
3 Wrongful Conviction Bills Advance
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 6/27/07
Bill Restricts Use of Jailhouse Informants
by Steven Harmon, San Jose Mercury News, 5/18/07
A Hard Look at Jail Snitches: Bill Would Require That Their Testimony Be Corroborated
by Aurelio Rojas, The Sacramento Bee, 5/18/07
California Panel Calls for Better Forensic Training
Forensic Magazine, 5/9/07
Forensic Science Errors Cited; Strict Rules Urged
by John Spano, Los Angeles Times, 5/9/07
Free the Innocent
Editorial, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5/2/07
Panel Presses Evidence Reform for California Criminal Convictions
by Mike Zapler, San Jose Mercury News, 4/18/07
Panel Back Altering Use of Eyewitnesses
by Frederic Tulsky, San Jose Mercury News, 4/14/07
Send DNA Samples to Private Labs
by Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 2/25/07
State's Top Cops Share Ideas About Dealing With Shrinking Budgets and Politics of Job
by Tracy Manzer, Daily Breeze, 2/28/07
Fair Commission Tries Again With Conviction-Reform Bills
by Laura Ernde, the Daily Journal, 2/28/07
Editorial: The Brits Say Enough
by Editorial Board, Ventura County Star, 2/24/07
DNA Backlog--Samples Received by DOJ as of 1/1/07
San Jose Mercury News, 2/22/07
Crime Sleuths Hampered by DNA Lab Delays
by Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, 2/22/07
Panel Urges State to Hire More DNA Lab Technicians
San Francisco Chronicle, 2/21/07
Lawmakers Urged to Address Growing Backlog of DNA Evidence
by Greg Krikorian, Los Angeles Times, 2/21/07
Wrongly Convicted Man Walks Free After 2 Decades
by Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2/10/07
'CSI' Isn't Like Real-World Crime Labs
by Peter Neufeld and Barry Sheck, Los Angeles Times, 2/2/07
Slow Pace of DNA Processing Examined
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 1/11/07
LA Police Have Backlog of over 5,000 Rape Kits to Test
Broadcast on KESQ NewsChannel3, Palm Springs, 1/11/07
Editorial: Jailhouse Informants; Justice Demands Extreme Caution
by Editorial Board, The Sacramento Bee, 1/2/07
Limited Use of Jailhouse Informants Urged
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 11/22/06
Stronger Standard Urged on Jail Tips
by Frederic N. Tulsky, San Jose Mercury News, 11/21/06
California Reconsiders Snitching
by Alexandra Natapoff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/19/06
Open Up Process of Using Informant Witnesses
by George C. Harris, San Jose Mercury News, 11/14/06
Confidential Jailhouse Snitch Deals Serve Criminals Before Justice
by Alexandra Natapoff, San Francisco Daily Journal, 11/10/06
Crime Commission Work Derailed By The Governor: Rejection of Two Suspect Identification Safeguards is Misguided
by Mercury News Editorial, San Jose Mercury News, 10/5/06
Vetoes Sink Reforms for Justice System
by Linda Rapattoni, San Francisco Daily Journal, 10/3/06
Governor Vetoes Bills on Wrongful Convictions: Measure to Record Interrogations Called Too Vague
by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/3/06
Vetoed Bills Aimed at Reducing False Convictions to Be Reintroduced
by Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10/3/06
Tighter Safeguards Urged When Using Jail Informants
by Frederic Tulsky, San Jose Mercury, 9/21/06
Use of Jailhouse Testimony Is Uneven in State
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 9/21/06
State Commission Delves Into Risks In Using Jail-House Informants
by Itir Yakar, San Francisco Daily Journal, 9/20/06
The Trouble with Jailhouse Informants
by Frederic Tulsky, San Jose Mercury, 9/17/06
Baca Orders Review of Interrogation Policy
by Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times, 9/10/06
Legislature Approves Bill on Wrongful Convictions
by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 9/8/06
Unfinished Business: Governor Still Must Sign Best Bills Into Law
by Mercury News Editorial, San Jose Mercury, 9/8/06
Witness-ID Bill Waits for Governor
Mercury News, San Jose Mercury, 9/2/06
Criminal Justice: Uniform Methods Can Reduce Risk of Wrongful Conviction
Mercury News Editorial, San Jose Mercury, 8/25/06
Bills Aim to Prevent Conviction of Innocents
by Natasha Minsker, San Francisco Daily Journal, 8/22/06
Recording Police Interviews Must Be Mandatory
by Stephen A. Drizin, San Francisco Daily Journal, 8/7/06
State Should Pass Law Mandating Recording of Confessions
by Editorial Board, San Jose Mercury, 8/2/06
State Panel Recommends Law Requiring Recording of Police Interrogations
by Ryan Oliver, San Francisco Daily Journal, 7/26/06
Panel Seeks to Curb False Confessions
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 7/26/06
Panel Urges Videotaping of Suspects' Confessions
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 6/22/06
Freed Man Gives Lesson on False Confessions
by Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 6/21/06
Point of View: The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice
by Gerald F. Uelmen, J.D., California Criminal Defense Practice Reporter, June 2006
Opinion: Eyewitness Testimony Deserves a More Skeptical Look
by Editorial Board, San Jose Mercury News, 4/21/06
Study Fuels A Growing Debate Over Police Lineups
by Kate Zernike, New York Times, 4/19/06
Report Urges Changes to Save Innocent
by Ryan Oliver, San Francisco Daily Journal, 4/14/06
Panel Backs Altering Use of Eyewitnesses
by Frederic Tulsky, San Jose Mercury News, 4/14/06
Wrongful Convictions Spur Review of California Police Lineups
by Frederic Tulsky, San Jose Mercury News, 3/16/06
What To Do About Eyewitness Errors?
by Itir Yakar, San Francisco Daily Journal, 3/16/06
Questions Over Death Panel Funding
by Linda Rappatoni,San Francisco Daily Journal, 2/13/06
Task Force to Review Wrongful Convictions in State
by Cheryl Miller, Cal Law, 7/26/06
Snail's Pace for Justice Study
by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News, 1/27/06
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