AZ death penalty flawed?

Arizona Loose With Its Rules in Executions, Records Show ("That improvisation is not unusual for Arizona, where corrections officials and medical staff members routinely deviate from the state's written rules for conducting executions, state records and court filings show. Sometimes they improvise even while a convict is strapped to a table in the execution chamber and waiting for the drugs coursing through his veins to take effect.")

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WHERE'S THE JUSTICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE?

Op-Ed Columnist: Where's the Justice at Justice? ("The Justice Department is trying to scuttle the reporters' privilege - ignoring the chilling effect that is having on truth emerging in a jittery post-9/11 world prone to egregious government excesses.Attorney General Eric Holder wants to force Risen to testify and reveal the identity of his confidential source on a story he had in his 2006 book concerning a bungled C.I.A. operation during the Clinton administration in which agents might have inadvertently helped Iran develop its nuclear weapon program.")

NEW POLICE MISCONDUCT CASE

New Case About the DA's Duty to Turn Over Police Misconduct Material

DUTY OF PROSECUTOR TO REVIEW POLICE PERSONNEL FILES FOR BRADY MATERIAL

What duty does the DA have to review police officer personnel files for Brady (373 US 83) material? The C/A says that the DA must conduct such a review. If the DA finds Brady material, the DA must make a Pitchess motion in order to obtain a court order disclosing that material to the defense.

People v. Superior Court (Johnson); A140767; A140768; 8/11/14; C/A 1st, Div. 5

NEW PRESIDENTIAL ORDER ABOUT ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

Just Security

Executive Order 12,333, Notice, and the Due Process Rights of Criminal Defendants ("In a world of electronic surveillance and secret searches, notice is more essential than ever. Notice allows criminal defendants to test whether the government's evidence was, in fact, obtained lawfully, which is a right fundamental to due process. And, after Clapper v. Amnesty, notice to defendants is one of the few mechanisms by which dragnet surveillance programs-which affect millions-will ever be reviewed in court. But is the government providing notice when it should be?")

Old NSA spying order may violate 4th Amendment rights

Reagan-Era Order on Surveillance Violates Rights, Says Departing Aide ("John Napier Tye filed a whistle-blower complaint arguing that the National Security Agency's collection of data abroad violated Americans' Fourth Amendment rights.")