The New York Times, June 11, by Adam Liptak and Adam B. Ellick
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/us/11death.html?_r=3&sq=Berkeley&st=nyt&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Elisabeth A. Semel … welcomed Judge Burge’s ruling. “It is likely to reduce the risk of executions that cause suffocation and excruciating pain,” Professor Semel said.