Posted by Orin Kerr:
A Room Good Enough to Execute Someone?:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_05_27-2007_06_02.shtml#1180818619
From the [1]San Franscisco Chronicle, via Howard:
California's 15-month-old moratorium on executions was extended
at least until October on Friday to give a federal judge time to
visit a planned new death chamber at San Quentin and consider an
array of proposed changes in the state's lethal injection
procedures.
At a hearing in San Jose, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel said
he needs to see the rebuilt execution chamber before hearing
arguments on the state's revisions in prison staff selection,
training and infusion of the lethal chemicals. . . .
The judge tentatively scheduled a visit to the prison on Oct. 1
and a hearing on the state's plan the following day. He gave no
hint of his assessment of the proposed changes, but made it clear
that the case, and the moratorium, could last many months longer.
Will Judge Fogel be satisfied that the new room is a constitutionally
adequate place in which to carry out an execution? Stay tuned. For
prior coverage of the case, including a link to Judge Fogel's earlier
opinion explaining why he thinks the design, lighting, and crowdedness
of the room is constitutionlly relevant, see [2]here.
References
1.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/02/BAGS5Q6AFR1.DTL
2. http://volokh.com/posts/1166226695.shtml
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