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Might California get back to executions before the end of 2010?

By Douglas A. Berman

The state of California, which has the largest state death row by far, has been mired in litigation over its lethal injection protocol for nearly four years.  But this new Los Angeles Times piece, which is headlined "California proposes new lethal injection procedures," suggests the state might get its death chamber up and running before the end of 2010: 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 Sentencing Law and Policy on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).