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California To Release Plan To Use 1 Drug In ExecutionsCalifornia is set to release plans to use a single drug to execute condemned prisoners, a change that comes nearly a decade after the state last put an inmate to death.

Death-Penalty Reform Initiative Pushed To 2016A coalition of law enforcement officers, prosecutors and crime victims announced Friday that it will wait until November 2016 to place a death-penalty reform measure on the ballot.

Calif. Receives Major Shipment Of Drug For ExecutionsWhile many states are running short of a drug necessary to carry out executions, California just received a major shipment.

Records Detail Frantic Hunt For Lethal Injection DrugNewly-revealed documents show California officials launched a global search to replace the knockout drug in the cocktail used to execute death row inmates.

Report: Calif. Ready To Resume Lethal InjectionsA shortage of a particular drug that has halted lethal injections in California may be nearing an end, but opponents are raising safety questions about the chemical's origin.

Calif. Seeks Return Of Executions After 4-Year HoldAttorney General Jerry Brown's deputies are seeking permission for the state to resume executing death row prisoners as early as next week.