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Government,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law

Mar. 9, 2021

ACLU seeks to block DAs from lethal injection case

The ACLU of Northern California and four other organizations argue Riverside County, San Mateo County and San Bernardino County DAs are exceeding the scope of their statutory authority by trying to get involved in a federal case where they say the state AG does not represent their interests.

The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to block three district attorneys who argue their interests aren't being represented by the California attorney general from intervening in a long-standing federal civil rights lawsuit brought by death row inmates against the state prisons department.

In a petition for a writ of mandate, the ACLU of Northern California and four community organizations argue Riverside County DA Michael H...

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