Judge denies stay of execution for murderer-rapist

[cal04]

Source: LA Times

A federal judge on Friday denied a stay of execution for murderer-rapist Albert Greenwood Brown but gave the condemned man a choice whether to die next Wednesday by a single injection or California's recently revised three-drug method.

The decision is expected to clear the way for the state to carry out an execution for the first time in nearly five years.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel said his court was “painfully aware that however it decides a case of this nature, there will be many who disagree profoundly with its decision. The moral and political debate about capital punishment will continue, as it should.”

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/judge-denies-stay-of-execution-for-murderer-rapist.html

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Judge Clears Way For First California Execution Since 2006
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/24/albert-greenwood-brown-or_n_738682.html

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. funny how this only became a priority during an election,

I was excited when Jerry Brown got back into thing, but it seems he is intent on going along, to get along.

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. Judge clears way for California's first execution since 2006

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- A federal judge on Friday denied a stay of execution for a California man who raped and murdered a 15-year-old in 1981, but gave Albert Greenwood Brown a choice of whether to die by single injection or the state's recently revised three-drug method.

If the execution proceeds as scheduled on Wednesday, Brown could become the first person to be executed in California in nearly five years, ever since legal challenges arose prompting the state to revise its lethal injection procedure.

He could also become the first inmate to be put to death in California's new lethal injection chamber, which was modified to meet requirements to come out of the review.

If, however, Brown elects to be executed by a single injection of sodium thiopental and the state refuses, a stay of his execution will be ordered, U.S. District Judge Jerry Fogel wrote in a decision issued today.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/24/california.execution.brown/?hpt=T1

[bluestateguy]

3. Sounds like a real piece of shit

And he got free government run health care in prison for 28 years too.

[FreeState]

4. As a Californian I'm disappointed

I hope he chooses the single shot and the State refuses so there is a stay - I firmly believe the death penalty is wrong in all cases.

[golfguru]

5. I also believe rape and murder is wrong in every case n/m

[proteus_lives]

6. +1

[pennylane100]

7. and maybe his victim felt the same way.

[EFerrari]

8. I hope someday soon the United States joins the community of nations

that have outlawed this barbarity.