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LI litigation four years on

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Four years ago this week the New Jersey Appellate Division handed down what at the time we called “an interesting decision in  In the Matter of the Readoption with Amendments of Death Penalty Regulations holding that the state lethal injection protocol under state administrative law fails as it lacks substantial support in the administrative record developed below and appear to be ‘arbitrary and unreasonable’.”  Who wold have thunk 4 years later LI litigation would have brought the death penalty nationally to a halt and that  In the Matter of the Readoption with Amendments of Death Penalty Regulation would mark the unofficial start of the end for the New Jersey death penalty. I need to repeat something I noted almost three years ago, Kevin Walsh, who litigated the case, is among the most gifted attorneys I know, of any age or experience level...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).