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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

CA Court Voids Execution Procedures: As posted by Kent Scheidegger, California's first district court of appeals ruled Friday, that the state's lethal injection procedures are invalid because the were not adopted through an administrative process which requires public comment and review by an independent state agency. A Los Angeles Times story by Carol Williams reports that a three judge panel of the San Francisco court unanimously affirmed a year-old ruling by Marin County Judge Lynne O'Malley Taylor. The challenge was brought by Michael Morales and Mitchell Sims. Morales was sentenced to die for attacking 17-year-old Terry Lynn Winchell with a hammer, strangling her with a belt and raping her before fatally stabbing her four times in the chest...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 24, 2008 (boomark / email).