Calif. case spotlights dysfunctional death penalty

[Swede]

It's time to abolish the death penalty,IMHO.



Five more inmates joined California's death row this year, pushing the population past a record 700 inmates, by far the nation's largest.

Florida is second with 394 inmates on death row, and Texas is third with 333, but both of those states regularly carry out executions.

Legal challenges over how lethal injections are administered to condemned prisoners in California have halted executions in the state since Clarence Ray Allen was put to death Jan. 17, 2006. The lawsuits are far from being resolved, and most observers believe it could be years before another execution takes place at San Quentin Prison.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_us/us_california_death_penalty