Franklin Zimring quoted in The Times-Standard, May 22, 2013
“It’s a complicated game in California,” Zimring said. “California and nationally, the number of capital trials and death sentence verdicts has been going down over the past decade. In part, that’s a matter of cost because local governments have been under financial pressure. In part, that’s a function of lower homicide rates, and in part, that’s a function of less enthusiasm for capital outcomes.”