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U.S. Federal District Judge Jeremy Fogel has found pervasive
problems with how the California prison system carries out
executions. Now the Governor has announced that prison officials and his staff
will try to correct the execution procedures so that executions can resume. This
response is wholly insufficient. California’s death penalty is broken from
beginning to end. The Governor must act to correct all of the problems with California’s death
penalty system.
Serious problems plague the entire death penalty system including:
The California Senate has recognized the need for more substantial review of the state’s criminal justice system generally and the death penalty specifically by creating the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice to investigate the “causes of wrongful conviction and wrongful execution” in California. The Commission has already begun issuing recommendations, supported by the Attorney General and the California District Attorneys’ Association. The Governor, however, blocked these reforms by vetoing three bills in October.
The Governor’s decision to “tweak” California’s execution procedures is a wholly inadequate response to these systemic problems. The Governor must support implementation of all of the Commission’s recommendations if California’s criminal justice system is ever to be fixed.
The Governor should:


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News Coverage
Editorial: A death penalty record LA Times (4/8/2010)
Opinion: Death penalty takes resources away from solving other murders San Jose Mercury News (2/17/2010)
Aqeela Sherrills: One father's message to another Daily News, Los Angeles (1/26/2010)