States across the country are challenging execution by lethal injection on the charge that it violates the constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.” In California, there’s a procedural challenge: a judge tentatively ruled that state procedure has been violated.
The California Death Penalty and Lethal Injection
Guests:
Franklin E Zimring, William G Simon professor of law and Wolfen distinguished scholar at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law and author of several books including "The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment"
David Savage, Supreme Court reporter for the LA Times
Bob Egelko, reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
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