Criminal
Aug. 10, 2012
State Supreme court rejects forced executions
The California Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that sought to force the state to execute death row inmates who have exhausted their legal appeals with a one-drug lethal injection cocktail.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that sought to force California to execute death row inmates who have exhausted their legal appeals with a one-drug lethal injection cocktail.
The state has resisted switching from a three-drug procedure because the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the three-drug process as constitutional, while it h...
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