Opinion polls show that San Franciscans overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, and in her winning campaign for district attorney last fall, Kamala D. Harris made no secret of her strong opposition as well. But the killing of a police officer here has placed capital punishment at the center of a political and emotional storm that has some asking whether a different standard should be applied in the case of law enforcement officials killed on the job. [more]
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KY Prosecutor Withdraws from Death Penalty Case [more]