Florida, California Stop Lethal Injection: US States Must Put Moratorium on Executions

Florida, California Stop Lethal Injection: US States Must Put Moratorium on Executions

by Human RIghts Watch (reposted) Tuesday Dec 19th, 2006 6:50 AM
(New York, December 15, 2006)

– All US states that conduct lethal injection executions should immediately impose a moratorium on the death penalty and order a review of their execution procedures, Human Rights Watch said today.

The urgency of such scrutiny was underscored today by a California court ruling and the decision by Florida’s governor that current methods require immediate review, Human Rights Watch said.