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Federal judge allows California to move forward with first execution in 4 years
September 26, 2010 by Erin Bock
A federal judge ruled Friday that the state of California can move forward with plans to execute a convicted rapist and murderer later this week. Albert Brown was convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1982 and is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Brown petitioned to join a.... [more]
North Carolina doctors should be commended for refusing to aid executions [comment]
February 1, 2007 by Andrew Wood
Liliana Segura: The Campaign to End the Death Penalty applauds the decision of the North Carolina Medical Board to refuse physician participation in executions, leading Judge Donald Stephens to halt executions in the state. The North Carolina doctors are just the latest in a growing trend of....... [more]
California lethal injection moratorium ruling [US DC] [document]
December 15, 2006 by Tom Henry
Morales v. Tilton, US District Court for the Northen District of California San Jose District, December 15, 2006. Read the full text of the memorandum. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....... [more]
Federal judge rules California lethal injection protocol 'intolerable' under constitution
December 15, 2006 by Jeannie Shawl
A federal judge issued a memorandum of intended decision Friday, concluding that California's lethal injection procedure creates an undue and unnecessary risk of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. The memorandum came in the case....... [more]
California federal judge bans public release of information on executioners
April 4, 2006 by Krystal MacIntyre
US District Judge Jeremy Fogel has authorized lawyers to obtain information on executioners at San Quentin Prison, but has banned the release of any details about them to the public. Lawyers for convicted murderer and death row inmate Michael Morales are seeking to substantiate claims that the.... [more]
California prosecutors propose new lethal injection method
March 4, 2006 by Greg Sampson
In response to a February injunction imposed by US Distict Judge Jeremy Fogel, California prosecutors Friday proposed altering the combination of sedatives and life-ending drugs used in executions in order to ensure that prisoners do not become conscious or experience wanton or unnecessary pa....... [more]
Medical controversy creates virtual moratorium on California executions
February 23, 2006 by David Shucosky
California faces a virtual moratorium on executions in the wake of a court ruling that medical professionals must monitor executions by lethal injection to be sure that the inmate feels no pain. The execution of condemned killer Michael Morales, was put on hold late Monday after two.... [more]
BREAKING NEWS ~ California postpones Morales execution indefinitely
February 21, 2006 by Bernard Hibbitts
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has said that the state of California has decided to postpone indefinitely the execution of condemned killer Michael Morales, initially delayed late Monday after two anesthesiologists refused to take part. Morales' death warrant had to be exercised by 11:5....... [more]
California execution delayed after doctors refuse to participate over ethics concerns
February 21, 2006 by JURIST Staff
The execution of Michael Angelo Morales, scheduled to take place just after midnight Tuesday morning, was delayed after the two anesthesiologists on hand to ensure that Morales would not suffer excessive pain during the process refused to participate due to ethical concerns. Morales, convicted in.... [more]
Ninth Circuit refuses stay of execution for California death row inmate
February 20, 2006 by Lisl Brunner
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales, but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his execution Tuesday morning to ensure that Morales is unconscious and to defray an undue risk that will suffer excessive....... [more]
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