Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Judge Visits Death Chamber at San Quentin

The legal case challenging California's lethal injection executions moved into a new phase, with a federal judge visiting the new execution chamber at San Quentin Prison. Prison officials built a new death chamber after the judge cited problems with the old one. While Judge Jeremy Fogel inspected the the death chamber, disability rights advocates protested outside the gates about state spending priorities. Christopher Martinez filed this report.