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CCV RELEASES NEW REPORT ON UNSOLVED HOMICIDES

While hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year on the death penalty, a shocking number of homicides remain unsolved in California. This report by California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CCV) focuses on unsolved homicides in California, a problem that has been largely ignored until now by policy makers and the media. By shifting limited public safety resources away toward solving every murder we can achieve justice for all crime victims, not just symbolism for a few.

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ABOUT CCV

California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty is a coalition of families, friends, and loved ones of murder victims who oppose the death penalty. The coalition supports families, friends, and loved ones in telling their stories and being heard. CCV educates the public about alternatives to the death penalty and provides information regarding resources and support to families regardless of their views on the death penalty or whether the perpetrator has been apprehended.

Families and loved ones of murder victims support alternatives to the death penalty for many reasons, including:

• The death penalty process is a traumatizing experience for families, often requiring them to relive the pain and suffering of the death of their loved one for many years. Life without parole provides certain punishment without the endless reopening of wounds.
  

• Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on the death penalty each year. If we replace the death penalty with life without parole, millions of dollars could be spent on violence-prevention efforts, solving unsolved cases, and increasing victim services.  
  

• The death penalty places the focus on the legal consequences, not the human consequences. Attention is directed on the crime and the accused, instead of where it belongs — on the family and loved ones of the victim and on the community. Life without parole punishes the criminal without putting him or her in the headlines.