Entries tagged with “Demetrie Mayfield”
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,Oct 31, 2016
OUTLIER COUNTIES: San Bernardino, California Shares Problematic Patterns of Neighboring Counties
San Bernardino County, California is one of five Southern California counties that have produced more death sentences since 2010 than 99.5% of all U.S. counties. Along with its neighbors, Kern County, Riverside County, Orange County, and Los Angeles County, San Bernardino forms a “new Death Belt,” a region with high numbers of death sentences marked by overzealous prosecutors and poor…