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California Lethal Injection Remains Barred

By Steve Hall

"State officials seek to resume executions in Calif.," is the title of Paul Elias' AP report, via Google News.Death row inmate Albert Greenwood Brown on Tuesday morning was handed a "death warrant" ? the first such document delivered in more than five years ? informing him his execution has been scheduled for Sept. 29.Around the same time, Marin County Superior Court Judge Verna Adams was indefinitely extending the ban on executions in the state, saying "unless and until" she says otherwise, the prohibition remains in effect.Prison officials said they will respect the judge's order if it is still in effect Sept. 29, but said they are forging ahead "operationally" as if the execution will occur as schedule...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 01, 2010 (boomark / email).