Trey Gowdy, Solicitor (prosecutor) for the 7th Circuit of South Carolina, speaking to Law 405.
Q: Some states are considering abolishing the death penalty as a budget-saving measure, since it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to win a death verdict and go through the appeal process. Has this been talked about in South Carolina?
A: Are you kidding? We'd close schools to keep the death penalty.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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He was kidding when he said that and everyone in the room knew he was. Give the man credit, he travelled from South Carolina to defend the death penalty in an environment that was hardly friendly to his position. I thought he did a good job - even if I disagree with him.
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