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Criminal

Dec. 19, 2011

State court death penalty ruling may delay federal case

In the continuing battle over capital punishment in California, a state court ruling threatens to further delay any lethal injections here for more than a year.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In the continuing battle over capital punishment in California, a state court ruling threatens to further delay lethal injections here for more than a year.


Marin County Superior Court Judge Faye D'Opal ruled Friday that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to follow correct procedure when it chose to use a three-drug lethal injection to execute inmates. Unless the st...

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