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California regulators reject state's revised lethal injection plan

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new AP piece, which is headlined "Regulators reject new death penalty procedures," California's long-stalled efforts to get back in the business of executions has hit another snag.  Here are the basics: California regulators have rejected proposed new death penalty procedures, further delaying the resumption of executions stalled by court order since 2006. The Office of Administrative Law on Tuesday rejected the proposed regulations drafted by prison officials, who have until Oct. 6 to submit revisions.  The court cases challenging California's capital punishment law will remain on hold until the proposed regulations are approved. The office identified several passages that conflicted with state law, were unclear or failed to properly state reasons for the new procedures...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 10, 2010 (boomark / email).