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California lethal injection litigation continues as condemns refuses "unconstitutionally medieval" choice

By Douglas A. Berman

As highlighted by this AP article and this CNN piece, a whole new round of litigation has been spurred by US District Judge Jeremy Fogel's decision made this past Friday to permit California to move forward with a planned execution (basics here).  Here are the basics from the AP: A death row inmate on Sunday asked a federal appeals court to halt his execution as he declined to choose a method for the lethal injection.  Lawyers for Albert Greenwood Brown filed court papers to appeal a federal judge's refusal to block the execution, which is set for Wednesday. Brown also let pass a noon deadline set by the judge to choose between a one-drug lethal injection or execution by a three-drug cocktail. His attorney called such a choice "unconstitutionally medieval...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 27, 2010 (boomark / email).