Jerry Brown's administration has not yet finalized an execution protocol, which stands in the way of the death penalty once again being carried out in California. Jerry Brown's administration has not yet finalized an execution protocol, which stands in the way of the death penalty once again being carried out in California. He took no position on two recent and unsuccessful ballot measures that would have ended the death penalty. Chemerinsky and other lawyers said it was conceivable that Brown and defense lawyers could delay executions until Brown steps down as governor in January 2019. The elder Brown tried to commute Chessman’s sentence, but the California Supreme Court refused to go along, on a 4 to 3 vote.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 25, 2017 23:48 UTC