Criminal
Jun. 19, 2012
Court brushes back ex-governors' effort to speed up executions
Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian want the state to use a one-drug method of execution that has not been approved by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The 3rd District Court of Appeal dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state for failing to execute death row inmates who have exhausted the appellate process.
The justices did not give a reason for the dismissal. Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, which filed the suit, said the state keeps finding ways to delay executions.
"They're just drag...
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