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California Proposes New Lethal Injection Procedures

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Carol Williams' report in today's Los Angeles Times.  The subtitle is, "The changes mark a first step toward resuming executions after a four-year moratorium. A federal judge had deemed the previous three-drug method unconstitutional."State corrections officials Tuesday proposed new lethal injection procedures, a first step toward resuming executions in California after a four-year halt.The proposals involve only minor changes to the three-drug method used on 11 of the 13 men put to death in the state since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.But the revisions appear to address the concerns of a federal judge who deemed the previous lethal injection practices unconstitutional for their risk of inflicting cruel and unusual punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).