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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pushes back California's execution plans slightly

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new AP article, "California's first execution in nearly five years was pushed back almost two days Monday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to allow courts more time to consider the condemned inmate's appeals." Here are more of the particulars: Brown is now scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday, said Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Brown initially was scheduled for execution at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Brown's attorneys have filed simultaneous appeals in federal and state courts, claiming California improperly adopted its new lethal injection procedures. They also allege that execution under the new regulations would amount to cruel and unusual punishment...continue to full post

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