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Appellate Practice

Dec. 6, 2006

3rd District Justice Decries Delays in Executions

A state appellate justice on Tuesday denounced what he called an "emasculated" death-penalty system that allows decades to elapse before murderers are executed.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A state appellate justice on Tuesday denounced what he called an "emasculated" death-penalty system that allows decades to elapse before murderers are executed.
      "This is in absolute and complete derogation of the will of the voters of California who have repeatedly approved the death penalty in initiatives since 1978," wrote Justice ...

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