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Government

Oct. 28, 2010

California Argues for Executions

California is taking cover under a recent U.S. Supreme Court case in an effort to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a challenge to its lethal injection procedure.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - California is taking cover under a recent U.S. Supreme Court case in an effort to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a challenge to its lethal injection procedure.

Last month, state and federal judges forced California to halt a scheduled execution after the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation revealed it was trying to carry out the execution before its suppl...

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