2006-12-15 16:26:00 PST SAN JOSE-- California's method of executing condemned prisoners by lethal injection lacks safeguards, is carried out by poorly trained staff and will be declared ...

Death row inmate Albert Greenwood Brown was given until noon Sunday to decide what method of lethal injection the state should use to end his life – a single drug or three-drug cocktail. He refused.

California correctional officials are asking state regulators to approve a revised method of carrying out death sentences after years of delays that have stalled executions since 2006. The new ...

SACRAMENTO — California state regulators for the second time Monday rejected a proposed new method of carrying out the death penalty, another move that slows the process for California to resume ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California correctional officials on Friday asked state regulators to approve a revised method of carrying out death sentences after years of delays that have stalled executions ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Governor Schwarzenegger of California said his administration will change the state’s method of lethal injection to guarantee the execution procedure doesn’t inflict pain or discomfort ...