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Another example of the long slog of seeking death in California

By Douglas A. Berman

The Los Angeles Times has this interesting new article on the administration of the death penalty in California, which is headlined "'Dysfunctional' death penalty racks up 28-year, $5-million tab: And that's just for one case. Michael Ray Burgener's death sentence in the murder of a 7-Eleven clerk has been overturned multiple times, and lawyers say his appeals could span another 15 years." Here are a few details: Burgener, sentenced to death for murder in 1981, has yet to complete his automatic appeal before the San Francisco-based California Supreme Court. His case has ping-ponged from trial courts to appeals courts over 28 years, and he still does not know whether he will be sentenced to die from lethal injection or spend the rest of his life in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).