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Lawsuit Filed Over New Texas Lethal Injection Procedures

By Steve Hall

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A news release has just been issued by attorneys for Cleve Foster, who has an April 5th exectuion date, "Lawsuit Seeks to Declare Texas? Execution Protocol Void; Death Row Prisoners Claim State Circumvented Open Government Process in its Rush to Carry Out Execution Next Tuesday." It's from Maurie Levin, Co-Counsel for Cleve Foster and Mr. Leal, and Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Center. Today, attorneys for Cleve Foster and Humberto Leal filed suit in the Travis County District Court seeking a declaration that Texas' new execution protocol is void for failing to comply with the state's Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The complaint asserts that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is subject to the APA when issuing rules and procedures for executions, and that TDCJ?s failure to follow the notice and comment provisions required by the APA violated state law...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 29, 2011 (boomark / email).