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Hung Jury After Murder Trial, Avoids Life Sentence
People v. Collin D. – Client was charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting. Client made a full confession to police regarding his participation in the offense …
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Los Angeles DUI Checkpoint Case Dismissed
People v. Nick M. – Client was stopped at a Los Angeles DUI checkpoint where, after an investigation by police, he was arrested for DUI. After his arrest, the client submitted to a breath test which resulted in two readings of .09 and .10% BAC. However …
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Los Angeles Robbery Case Dismissed
People v. Reggie M. – Client was charged with four counts of armed robbery. A store surveillance videotape of one of the robbery incidents captured …
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California Lethal Injection Procedures Open for Comment.
by Gabriel Dorman on May 2, 2009
The Los Angeles Times reports that State officials launched a two-month long forum on Friday seeking public commentary on the revised lethal injections procedures in the hopes of resuming executions as early as next year.
Executions in the state of California have been on hold for more than three years while state authorities review the three-drug lethal injection execution sequences. The first drug anesthetizes the prisoner. The second drug paralyzes the prisoner. The third drug, potassium chloride, induces cardiac arrest resulting in death.
In February 2006, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel stayed the execution of convicted murderer Michael A. Morales after hearing reports that some of the 13 executions carried out in California since 1976 may have involved unconstitutional pain and suffering. Review of those executions raised doubts that the first drug, a powerful barbiturate, rendered the condemned men unconscious, while the second injection would have left them unable to express the extreme pain inflicted by the heart-stopping agent.
In 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger set up a task force which issued new execution protocols to ensure the proper administration of the drugs. However, before Judge Fogel could review the changes, Morales’ criminal defense attorney issued a new challenge on the grounds that the new procedures were instituted in violation of the state’s statutory period for public comment. As a result, Californian’s have until June 30 to send in their comments regarding the new procedures and further makes their remarks heard during a six-hour public hearing in Sacramento on that date.
However, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation warned that it will weigh comments only on the execution process, not on the legality or morality of the death penalty.
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