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By Steve Hall

Southern California Public Radio station KPCC-FM reports, "Bill to change California's lethal injection procedure moves forward."Senate Bill 1018, authored by Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach), was passed by the Senate Public Safety Committee today. "Capital punishment is the law in California. The de-facto moratorium imposed on it the last few years is unacceptable," said Harman. "I am very pleased to be joined by my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to address this problem." Under the text of the bill, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would be required to develop and implement a one-drug lethal injection of an appropriate anesthetic. Supporters say such a move should eliminate concerns that lethal injection causes inmates to suffer...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).