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| California prison officials propose new executions protocol |
| By jamestownsun.com- Sharon Bernstein |
| Published: 10/28/2015 |
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - California prison officials on Tuesday filed proposed new guidelines for using lethal injection to kill condemned inmates, a step that could lead to a resumption of the death penalty in a state that has not conducted an execution since 2006. The most populous U.S. state, a Democratic stronghold where public support for the death penalty has been slipping for years, stopped executing prisoners after Clarence Ray Allen was put to death nearly 10 years ago for three murders in Fresno. The state put executions on hold partly because of legal issues, including a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of the three-drug cocktail used for lethal injections. Read More. |
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