Los Angeles Chief of Police William Bratton recently defended San Francisco Distrist Attorney Kamala Harris for not seeking the death penalty against a suspect in a police killing. “It’s much cheaper to sentence them to life in prison and throw away the key,” said Bratton, who is endorsing Harris in seeking election as California’s Attorney General.
(Matier & Ross, “In S.F., Obama ‘just not a party guy’ like Clinton,” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 18, 2009, at C2).
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- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). NEW VOICES: L.A. Police Chief Says Life Without Parole is Preferable Sentence. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-voices-l-a-police-chief-says-life-without-parole-is-preferable-sentence
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW VOICES: L.A. Police Chief Says Life Without Parole is Preferable Sentence.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-voices-l-a-police-chief-says-life-without-parole-is-preferable-sentence.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW VOICES: L.A. Police Chief Says Life Without Parole is Preferable Sentence.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-voices-l-a-police-chief-says-life-without-parole-is-preferable-sentence. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.
