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End-run around the bureaucrats' bureaucrats

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We previously noted here the hostile review by the California Office of Administrative Law of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's regulations to implement its lethal injection protocol. We also noted that California law expressly provides that CDCR can implement regulations immediately when necessary for "operational needs of the department."

The ability to carry out duly entered and fully reviewed judgments is the quintessential operational need. Today, CJLF formally calls upon the Governor and the Secretary of CDCR to invoke the authority of Penal Code Section 5058.3 and put the lethal injection regulations into immediate effect. Our letter is available here.

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