Editing Jerry Brown (section)

=== Death penalty ===

As attorney general, Brown represented the state in fighting death-penalty appeals and stated that he would follow the law, regardless of his personal beliefs against [[capital punishment]]. Capital punishment by [[lethal injection]] was halted in California by federal judge [[Jeremy D. Fogel]] until new facilities and procedures were put into place.<ref name="LATimes-20100922-ticking">{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Carol J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-22-la-me-lethal-injection-chamber-20100922-story.html|title=Clock is ticking on first execution at San Quentin's revamped death chamber|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 26, 2010|date=September 22, 2010}}</ref> Brown moved to resume capital punishment in 2010 with the execution of [[Albert Greenwood Brown]] after the lifting of a statewide [[moratorium (law)|moratorium]] by a California court.<ref name="CBS-20100922-resume">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/brown-wants-executions-to-resume-in-california/509-020a587a-ac65-415d-b98f-2e73b3bcc440 |title=Brown Wants Executions To Resume In California|work=[[CBS News]]|agency=Associated Press|access-date=September 27, 2010|date=September 22, 2010 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Brown's Democratic campaign, which pledged to "enforce the laws" of California, denied any connection between the case and the gubernatorial election. Prosecutor [[Rod Pacheco]], who supported Republican opponent Meg Whitman, said that it would be unfair to accuse Brown of using the execution for political gain as they never discussed the case.<ref name="Time-20100925-questioned">{{cite news|last=Elias|first=Paul|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2021510,00.html|title=Timing of Calif. Execution Questioned|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|agency=Associated Press|access-date=September 27, 2010|date=September 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927180545/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2021510,00.html|archive-date=September 27, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>