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It has been four years since a California prison had an execution. Since then the almost 700 residents of death row have been saved from paying for their crimes, thanks to the ACLU and a single judge.
"California has the nation's largest death row, with 697 inmates sentenced to die. The last execution was in January 2006, when convicted killer Clarence Allen was put to death by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison.
When murderer Michael A. Morales was scheduled to die a month later, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose intervened to impose conditions that led to the current moratorium. Fogel later ruled the state procedures constitutionally flawed after hearing testimony that some of those executed may not have been fully anesthetized by the first injection before receiving the second shot, a paralyzing agent, and the painful last dose that stops the heart."
These are murderers, not Eagle Scouts--they viciously killed women, children and the elderly. They knew what they were doing--now the possibility of execution is something they are fighting--and they will lie and cheat to stop the punishment.
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"California has the nation's largest death row, with 697 inmates sentenced to die. The last execution was in January 2006, when convicted killer Clarence Allen was put to death by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison.
When murderer Michael A. Morales was scheduled to die a month later, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose intervened to impose conditions that led to the current moratorium. Fogel later ruled the state procedures constitutionally flawed after hearing testimony that some of those executed may not have been fully anesthetized by the first injection before receiving the second shot, a paralyzing agent, and the painful last dose that stops the heart."
These are murderers, not Eagle Scouts--they viciously killed women, children and the elderly. They knew what they were doing--now the possibility of execution is something they are fighting--and they will lie and cheat to stop the punishment.
More...