In Depth: Executions to resume in California Wednesday
It has been 28 years since a Riverside County jury recommended the death penalty for Albert Greenwood Brown, a convicted rapist who attacked a teenage girl as she walked to school and strangled her in an orange grove. Brown is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. Ref. Source 5
State releases new plan for executions
California is proposing to let corrections officials choose one of four types of barbiturates to execute prisoners on death row, contingent on their availability. The single drug would replace a series of three that were last used in 2006. Experts expect years of legal challenges. Ref. Source 8q
Appeals court upholds state death penalty
A federal appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that declared California's death penalty unconstitutional because of excessive delays. California has sentenced more than 900 people to death since 1978 but executed only 13 of them. Expect more litigation. Ref. Source 3k
State may see two death penalty votes
Death penalty opponents can begin collecting signatures to repeal capital punishment in California, meaning voters may face two competing initiatives in November 2016. Another proposal would speed up executions via more lawyers and faster appeals. Ref. Source 4d
California Forced to Delay Executions Again
Original Post Date: 28th Sep, 2010 - 2:43pm
Why California has so much trouble executing criminals? If they were found guilty why they keep delaying?