Gil Garcetti Professions : American Politician Born : August 5, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Gil Garcetti California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers and counselors in their schools and giving the juvenile justice system the resources it needs. Gil Garcetti teacher kids school Spending our tax dollars on actually preventing crimes, instead of pursuing death sentences after they've already been committed, will assure us we will have fewer victims. Gil Garcetti law-enforcement dollars crime I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it isn't functional. It costs an obscene amount of money. Gil Garcetti law-enforcement death-penalty cost I have decided not to throw my hat into the ring to run for president in 2020. Gil Garcetti top-news Marcia Clark The lead prosecutor is a very good lawyer, but one of the things with Marcia Clark The lead prosecutor was that Marcia Clark The lead prosecutor did n’t heed the advice of our trial consultant who told Marcia Clark The lead prosecutor not to pick African-American women — particularly black mothers — for that jury, marcia Clark The lead prosecutor did n’t listen and once Marcia Clark The lead prosecutor did that, there was no chance that we ’d get a guilty verdict, although I still thought we ’d get two or three jurors to hold out for a hung jury. Gil Garcetti latest-headlines Similar Authors Bill W. Clayton american-politician Bob Allen american-politician Brian E. Frosh american-politician Brad Carson american-politician Bonnie Lowenthal american-politician Arthur B. Robinson american-politician All Authors