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Death Penalty

Carson man convicted of first-degree murder in couple's 2004 death

the law on this issue is complex but a 9th circuit court of appeals decision has ruled that the gas chamber in calif. as means of capital punishment is cruel and unusual - that is a bar to its use as the method of executing a condemned - this holding has not been overruled by the US supreme court despite the fact that the latter has ruled that if a defendant chooses a method of execution he or she is therefore barred from challenging that method's constitutionality - based on this fact I'd surmise CA would not give a condemned the option of choosing the gas chamber. besides CA has amended its capital punishment statute to make lethal injection the default method of execution. moreover, no person has been executed in the gas chamber since 1999 - that facility has in fact been converted to a lethal injection room. thus, the quoted language is not very accurate.  (Nov 10, 2009 | post #18)

Death Penalty

Carson man convicted of first-degree murder in couple's 2004 death

as heinous as the crimes may be the man is entitled to have his fate decided not based on emotion or sensationalism but rather on reason - and if saving money is really a consideration LWOP is much cheaper than the death penalty - google death penalty vs. LWOP costs - inform yourselves!  (Nov 9, 2009 | post #16)