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Government

May 31, 2013

Appellate panel bars lethal injections

A state appellate panel on Thursday permanently enjoined the state from putting prisoners to death by lethal injection, agreeing with a lower court that a state agency adopted new procedures unlawfully.

By Hamed Aleaziz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A 1st District Court of Appeal panel on Thursday affirmed a lower court's order that California's lethal injection protocol for death row inmates failed to meet the requirements of the state Administrative Procedure Act.

The ruling "permanently enjoins the [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] from carrying out the execution of any condemned inmate by lethal injection unless and until" the state establis...

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