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| 12,000+ Object to CA's Execution Plan |
| By yubanet.com |
| Published: 01/26/2010 |
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2010 - Over 12,000 individuals, from California and across the country, have submitted comments objecting to the new execution plan recently released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The revised plan, released for public comment on January 4, 2010, is part of the CDCR's efforts to kick-start executions which have been on hold in California for four years. "This outpouring of criticism is from a wide range of individuals and groups," said Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director for the ACLU of Northern California. "The CDCR failed yet again to address many of the serious problems in execution procedures. With 12,000 objections, the state should think twice about bringing back a broken system." The CDCR revised the lethal injection guidelines in response to more than 8,000 objections received to its original proposal in June 2009. The 25-page document indicates small revisions, outlining, for example, when curtains are to be opened in the execution chamber and the definitions of terms such as "chaplain" and "lethal injection room." "These are superficial revisions to one of the most complex, costly and flawed systems in California," Minsker added. "Amid the distress wrought by the budget crisis, we need serious solutions and not bureaucratic tinkering." If death sentences in California were converted to life in prison without parole, the state would save $1 billion over five years, according to a report by state commission. Read More. |
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