White Teeth - U.s. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel Clears Path For California Executions To Resume â?? But Will They?

The newly renovated San Quentin Prison Death Chamber AP Photo Well, for now – or should I say until Monday afternoon, California executions as per state and federal law can proceed.A federal judge in San Jose gave the go-ahead today for next week’s scheduled execution of a convicted murderer from Riverside County, which would be the state’s first execution in nearly five years.U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel, who blocked lethal injections at San Quentin State Prison in February 2006 because of haphazard procedures, untrained staff and the potential of inflicting excruciating pain, said revised state regulations and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling had removed constitutional obstacles to renewed executions.Fogel acknowledged that he has not yet reviewed the state’s a...