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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