Megan McCracken quoted in Woodward News, September 5, 2014
“…When the department realized there was a problem, there was a communications breakdown that resulted in the execution team doing nothing to stabilize Mr. Lockett or address his pain and suffering for the last 10 minutes of his life, despite the fact that Director Patton had called off the execution.”
Jennifer Moreno quoted in NewsOK, September 4, 2014
Jen Moreno … said the lack of contingency plans and adequate training and supplies indicates there is a culture of carelessness regarding the death penalty within the state Corrections Department. “I question if any quick fixes to execution protocol will have an effect on that culture,” Moreno said.
Megan McCracken quoted on CNN.com, September 4, 2014
“Multiple factors contributed to Mr. Lockett’s badly bungled execution, including lacking of planning and training, a failure to set a functioning IV, and a failure to plan for contingencies. Many questions remain unanswered as to how the (Department of Corrections) allowed this to happen,” McCracken said in a statement.
Michael Kiparsky quoted in ClimateWire, September 4, 2014
Mike Kiparsky … said that recently, there’s been “an explosion of interest” in adaptation strategies. “It’s an issue the state is going to have to grapple with in the near term” and in the longer term.
Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, September 3, 2014
“I think what is fascinating is that there seems to be almost no opposition to this,” says Barry Krisberg. “You’d think in the usual California politics you’d have the right saying this and the left saying something else. But there’s been no campaigning (in opposition) to speak of, no one is spending any money on defeating it and the polls have been running 60 percent positive.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, September 2, 2014
For the first time, the Supreme Court applied religious protections to companies that were in the business of earning money instead of providing charity, and in doing so, it put a chink in the armor of the Affordable Care Act.
James Tuthill writes for San Francisco Chronicle, September 2, 2014
Now that those rules have been overturned by the court, we are seeing the consequences of a landscape without meaningful protections: In just six months, Netflix has entered into paid priority agreements with the three largest ISPs. These agreements likely would have been unlawful under the rules the court overturned.
Jonathan Simon quoted in TribLIVE, August 30, 2014
“Our consumption of drugs is what’s funding organized crime in their countries, and the resulting violence caused by those gangs is why they’re fleeing,” Simon said.
Justin McCrary interviewed on KQED-FM, Forum with Michael Krasny, August 28, 2014
“It’s absolutely right that the diversity of the police department improves in the wake of litigation. There’s a broader question of whether that’s something that is necessary for diversity to improve, and I don’t think that’s right. Diversity does improve even in the absence of litigation, but litigation does seem to be a powerful force for that.”
Ian Haney López quoted in NBC News, Latino blog, August 28, 2014
“In the black community and in the Latino community, what you see now are protests against the way we have been dehumanized. That dehumanization is reflected in state policies and over policing,” said Ian Haney López.