Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice has released a report finding that California's death penalty system is "dysfunctional,"reports the LA Times. Delays from sentencing to execution are twice thenational average. The commission noted that the state could save $100million a year if the death penalty was replaced with a life sentencewithout the possibility of parole.

Tom Brokaw had some harsh wordsfor Governor Schwarzenegger on Sunday. The host of "Meet the Press"told the governor, "If you were the CEO of a public company, the boardwould probably say, 'It is time to go.'" Ouch.

While Californian legislators will be spending their summers putting together a budget,it's worth noting that other legislatures have already gone home --with traditional farewells. For example, "In Missouri and Georgia,legislators fling the piles of paperwork on their desks into the air."

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