Nathan Barankin Quotes (28 Quotes)

He is an advocate for reducing the nearly two-decade delay in resolving capital appeals.

The state has won preliminary rounds to clear up the sale of the bonds but appeals are pending.

My point is, these jurors reached a judgment when the facts and evidence were fresh in their mind. That's the judgment that counts.

concerns about the current situation in the Middle East.

It's consistent with the long-held federal view on this medicine, and that is that marijuana is the equivalent of heroin and cocaine. California voters disagree.

We're disappointed but not surprised. Everyone agrees this is a statute that affects First Amendment rights and these cases are subject to careful review by the courts. We believe the statute is narrowly crafted to restrict children's access to uniquely explicit materials and that is justified by the Constitution.

It gives the state an opportunity to develop a clear record (about) what medical experts have already said a person executed under California lethal injection protocol receives no pain.

We're aware of the issue and are looking into it. There have been a few informal opinion requests.

We'd be pushing for that big time.

What we said is, Proposition 215 is the law of California and is not pre-empted by federal law. There is a lot of room for people to debate Proposition 215 and whether it requires or prohibits cities from doing one thing or another.

Any temporary victory the state would gain, if it were in our favor, would quickly disappear for years if we don't do it right the first time.

This is an unsettled area of the law. The public policy issues are religious freedom versus the right not to be discriminated against.

Allen is sentenced to death for crimes he committed two decades ago while he was a very cold, calculating man. Every court has unanimously agreed there is no legal basis why the death penalty should not be applied to him.

All the bill really does is eliminate the state certificate. The substantive requirements imposed by the program to ensure that we get high-quality prints ... will remain the policy.

We know that this case, no matter how it's decided by Judge Fogel, is going to be appealed to the 9th Circuit and probably to the U.S. Supreme Court, so it's very important for us to get the case done right.

a long and tortured history, of which we are not at all proud.

We reached a permanent injunction against Sun Healthcare Group, which at the time was the largest provider of nursing home care in California.

I don't know that it's ever been tested in court, but the law does label it a crime.

He has been rejected by every state and federal court that has heard Williams' prior appeals, ... What they all determined was Williams was guilty.

From an administrative point of view, there's just an enormous number of samples. We have hundreds of thousands of arrests each year. That can create quite a backlog.

We don't see any remarkable increase in the pace of executions in California.

Any type of crime with biological evidence is eligible for DNA matching. Blood happens to be a particularly common and good source of genetic evidence.

Whenever the medical profession steps into these social policy issues, things get really complicated in a hurry. Quite frankly, that's the reason San Quentin has never required medical professions to be involved.

Time is of the essence. The attorney general realizes that as we head into the full election season, voter registration efforts will only increase. We want to make sure those who do not know how to comply with the law aren't in the business.

In fact, we're encouraged the Supreme Court has decided to set up an expedited briefing schedule by next Friday because it means the other side will have a chance to give their argument on an expedited schedule,

What the state of California expects to recover as a result of our lawsuits goes well above and beyond the resolution that was reached today.

Mr. Williams has had his appeals heard by every possible court in the state and federal system, and all of them have rejected his claims.

Our belief is that, based on the expert medical testimony we have provided and has been provided in courts across the country, lethal injection is the most humane and pain-free method of carrying out a death sentence.