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Comment on California Proposed Lethal Injection Regulations
Launched: June 29, 2009
This Action Expired: June 30, 2009
Description:
As you know, California is already slashing vital services, state crime labs are closing and local law enforcement is unable to pay for testing of rape kits. We could save a billion dollars over the next five years by stopping executions.
Instead the governor is doing the opposite. The governor is wasting our money trying to re-start executions even though a bipartisan state commission found serious flaws in the death penalty, including a high error rate in death penalty trials; racial and economic bias; persistent threat of convicting and executing the innocent caused by faulty eyewitness identification; and ineffective assistance of counsel and false testimony.
Executions have been on hold because of flawed procedures. But in May, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) proposed new regulations on lethal injection, the first step to resuming executions.
Take action now to oppose the new proposed death penalty process and save California $1 billion over five years.
The CDCR violated the law by failing to involve the public and interested parties in the process. The proposed procedure would violate the right to due process, the right to religious liberty, the right to counsel and the First Amendment. The CDCR is also hiding the heavy financial burden the procedures would impose on our already strained budget.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is required by law to read and consider all relevant comments on the new proposed regulations. What you say now can truly make a difference. Please take a few minutes to send a personal message to the CDCR opposing these regulations. Public comment is due by Tuesday, June 30th.
Take action today!
Note: Please try to personalize your comments as much as possible for added impact.
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