Count Niggula
10-07-2010, 08:24 PM
I heard about this on the news the other day and was offended that this piece of shit was still using my air:
Albert G. Brown -
Death of Susan Louise Jordan
On the morning of October 28, 1980, Brown abducted 15-year-old Susan Louise Jordan while she was on her way to Arlington High School in Riverside. He had been posing as a jogger on the route. After dragging her to an orange grove, Brown raped and strangled her to death with her own shoelace and took her identification cards and school books. Susan's mother Angelina Jordan, who coincidentally left her car to be serviced at Brown's workplace, Rubidoux Motors, went to the school to search for Susan after her younger sister Karen returned home by herself.[3][11] After finding the family's number in a phone book, Brown called Angelina Jordan from a payphone at around 7:30 p.m. to tell her where he left her daughter's body.[12][13] According to court documents, he said: "Hello, Mrs. Jordan, Susie isn't home from school yet, is she? You will never see your daughter again. You can find her body on the corner of Victoria and Gibson." The Riverside Police Department found Susan's body after Brown also placed a call to them.
The San Quentin State Prison facility has been set up to utilize a protocol of a three-drug combination of sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride or a single injection of sodium thiopental in which the dose is increased from 3 to 5 grams to make it lethal by itself.[19][20] Brown was examined by the prison staff to check that his veins were healthy enough for the injection process.[18] He ordered a last meal of steak and onion rings.[21] The premises were also wired with speakers so that his last words could be broadcast.[22]
Last minute appeals
Judge Fogel's ruling halted executions in California for over four years.
Judge Fogel, whose 2006 ruling had halted executions in California, gave Brown until September 26 to decide on a method of execution, including the new lethal injection protocols.[23] Brown refused to make a selection.[24] Defense attorney John Grele described Brown as "a simple man with obvious neuropsychological deficits" who is unprepared to make such a decision.[23] Arguing that forcing him to decide on the manner of his death is "unconstitutionally medieval," Brown's defense team asked the judge to reconsider allowing the execution to proceed.[6] Fogel declined to issue a stay of execution,[13] which he stated would have been considered if Brown selected a single injection and the prison refused to carry it out.[25] In the absence of a decision, the prison defaulted to preparing the three-drug protocol.[17] According to Lt. Sam Robinson of San Quentin State Prison, the gas chamber is still fully functional and available if required.[19]
After a four-year moratorium on executions in California, multiple proceedings in federal court, a state administrative law proceeding, and state court appeals, it is incredible to think that the deliberative process might be driven by the expiration date of the execution drug.
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2010[26]
It is absurd that our legal system continues to prevent the state from carrying out the will of the people.
CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010[27]
On September 27, Marin County judge Verna Adams denied a defense request to stop the execution.[17] An appeal for clemency was forwarded to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[28] Prosecutor Rod Pacheco wrote to Schwarzenegger urging him not to intervene.[18] The governor refused Brown's request to commute the sentence to life imprisonment without parole,[27] but delayed the execution to 9 p.m. on September 30 to provide appeals courts more time to review the case.[5] Brown alleged that he suffered child abuse that should have been brought up at his trial.[2] The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Fogel to revisit the case because California law specified that the inmate should only choose between the gas chamber and lethal injection, not the drugs themselves.[26] Fogel admitted his offer to Brown was "ill-advised"[21] and halted the execution to permit time to determine whether the new injection procedures addressed defense arguments of cruel and unusual punishment.[4] The appeals court also noted that the prison's supply of sodium thiopental, a drug required for lethal injection, was expiring on October 1, 2010.[9] A state appeal to resume the execution by 7 p.m. on September 30 was unanimously denied by the California Supreme Court.[7] California and other states have run short of the drug because the manufacturer Hospira is unable to meet demand at least until January 2011 because of raw material supply issues.[9] State attorney general Jerry Brown (no relation) recommended halting execution proceedings until necessary supplies were secured.[2] His office stated that a new date would be scheduled as soon as legally possible.[27] Susan Louise Jordan's sister Karen criticized the distress to her family caused by the delays: "The appeals process in California has proven to be nothing more than a never-ending war of attrition against justice and the rights of victims and their families."
Albert G. Brown -
Death of Susan Louise Jordan
On the morning of October 28, 1980, Brown abducted 15-year-old Susan Louise Jordan while she was on her way to Arlington High School in Riverside. He had been posing as a jogger on the route. After dragging her to an orange grove, Brown raped and strangled her to death with her own shoelace and took her identification cards and school books. Susan's mother Angelina Jordan, who coincidentally left her car to be serviced at Brown's workplace, Rubidoux Motors, went to the school to search for Susan after her younger sister Karen returned home by herself.[3][11] After finding the family's number in a phone book, Brown called Angelina Jordan from a payphone at around 7:30 p.m. to tell her where he left her daughter's body.[12][13] According to court documents, he said: "Hello, Mrs. Jordan, Susie isn't home from school yet, is she? You will never see your daughter again. You can find her body on the corner of Victoria and Gibson." The Riverside Police Department found Susan's body after Brown also placed a call to them.
The San Quentin State Prison facility has been set up to utilize a protocol of a three-drug combination of sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride or a single injection of sodium thiopental in which the dose is increased from 3 to 5 grams to make it lethal by itself.[19][20] Brown was examined by the prison staff to check that his veins were healthy enough for the injection process.[18] He ordered a last meal of steak and onion rings.[21] The premises were also wired with speakers so that his last words could be broadcast.[22]
Last minute appeals
Judge Fogel's ruling halted executions in California for over four years.
Judge Fogel, whose 2006 ruling had halted executions in California, gave Brown until September 26 to decide on a method of execution, including the new lethal injection protocols.[23] Brown refused to make a selection.[24] Defense attorney John Grele described Brown as "a simple man with obvious neuropsychological deficits" who is unprepared to make such a decision.[23] Arguing that forcing him to decide on the manner of his death is "unconstitutionally medieval," Brown's defense team asked the judge to reconsider allowing the execution to proceed.[6] Fogel declined to issue a stay of execution,[13] which he stated would have been considered if Brown selected a single injection and the prison refused to carry it out.[25] In the absence of a decision, the prison defaulted to preparing the three-drug protocol.[17] According to Lt. Sam Robinson of San Quentin State Prison, the gas chamber is still fully functional and available if required.[19]
After a four-year moratorium on executions in California, multiple proceedings in federal court, a state administrative law proceeding, and state court appeals, it is incredible to think that the deliberative process might be driven by the expiration date of the execution drug.
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2010[26]
It is absurd that our legal system continues to prevent the state from carrying out the will of the people.
CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010[27]
On September 27, Marin County judge Verna Adams denied a defense request to stop the execution.[17] An appeal for clemency was forwarded to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[28] Prosecutor Rod Pacheco wrote to Schwarzenegger urging him not to intervene.[18] The governor refused Brown's request to commute the sentence to life imprisonment without parole,[27] but delayed the execution to 9 p.m. on September 30 to provide appeals courts more time to review the case.[5] Brown alleged that he suffered child abuse that should have been brought up at his trial.[2] The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Fogel to revisit the case because California law specified that the inmate should only choose between the gas chamber and lethal injection, not the drugs themselves.[26] Fogel admitted his offer to Brown was "ill-advised"[21] and halted the execution to permit time to determine whether the new injection procedures addressed defense arguments of cruel and unusual punishment.[4] The appeals court also noted that the prison's supply of sodium thiopental, a drug required for lethal injection, was expiring on October 1, 2010.[9] A state appeal to resume the execution by 7 p.m. on September 30 was unanimously denied by the California Supreme Court.[7] California and other states have run short of the drug because the manufacturer Hospira is unable to meet demand at least until January 2011 because of raw material supply issues.[9] State attorney general Jerry Brown (no relation) recommended halting execution proceedings until necessary supplies were secured.[2] His office stated that a new date would be scheduled as soon as legally possible.[27] Susan Louise Jordan's sister Karen criticized the distress to her family caused by the delays: "The appeals process in California has proven to be nothing more than a never-ending war of attrition against justice and the rights of victims and their families."