Nathan Barankin Quotations

We're aware of the issue and are looking into it. There have been a few informal opinion requests.

What the state of California expects to recover as a result of our lawsuits goes well above and beyond the resolution that was reached today.

Whenever the medical profession steps into these social policy issues, things get really complicated in a hurry. Quite frankly, that's the reason San Quentin has never required medical professions to be involved.

We reached a permanent injunction against Sun Healthcare Group, which at the time was the largest provider of nursing home care in California.

Many of California's gambling laws were written in the 19th Century, and some of them need to be modernized.

Mr. Williams has had his appeals heard by every possible court in the state and federal system, and all of them have rejected his claims.

One of the concerns the state had about prior executions is that inmates were rendered too unconscious.

I don't know that it's ever been tested in court, but the law does label it a crime.

From an administrative point of view, there's just an enormous number of samples. We have hundreds of thousands of arrests each year. That can create quite a backlog.

If someone holds incompatible offices, they have to vacate the former office.

He has been rejected by every state and federal court that has heard Williams' prior appeals, ... What they all determined was Williams was guilty.

He is an advocate for reducing the nearly two-decade delay in resolving capital appeals.

The people who are targeted under these statutes are sophisticated gamblers.

It gives the state an opportunity to develop a clear record (about) what medical experts have already said: a person executed under California lethal injection protocol receives no pain.

My point is, these jurors reached a judgment when the facts and evidence were fresh in their mind. That's the judgment that counts.

We investigated the case to discover any and all acts of wrongdoing associated with the grant that was made to the San Francisco Neighbors Resource Center.

We don't see any remarkable increase in the pace of executions in California.

We know that this case, no matter how it's decided by Judge Fogel, is going to be appealed to the 9th Circuit and probably to the U.S. Supreme Court, so it's very important for us to get the case done right.

Time is of the essence. The attorney general realizes that as we head into the full election season, voter registration efforts will only increase. We want to make sure those who do not know how to comply with the law aren't in the business.

We don't have anything to hide. (We want them to) see firsthand how the system's set up.

We are responsible for enforcing the states gambling laws. When we are made aware of a violation, we have a duty to enforce the law.

What we said is, Proposition 215 is the law of California and is not pre-empted by federal law. There is a lot of room for people to debate Proposition 215 and whether it requires or prohibits cities from doing one thing or another.

We're reviewing it and evaluating our options and we'll discuss it with our client, the governor.

We showed each person the declaration on their behalf and they all said they didn't say that.

We expect that Morales' lawsuit will also be unsuccessful.

We're disappointed but not surprised. Everyone agrees this is a statute that affects First Amendment rights and these cases are subject to careful review by the courts. We believe the statute is narrowly crafted to restrict children's access to uniquely explicit materials and that is justified by the Constitution.

We think that under this protocol, the executions will be carried out as they have been, safely and humanely, but even faster.

concerns about the current situation in the Middle East.

The state has won preliminary rounds to clear up the sale of the bonds but appeals are pending.

So the law was sort of like shifting sands. . . . Then there were staff changes and it just kind of got lost in the shuffle.

Any temporary victory the state would gain, if it were in our favor, would quickly disappear for years if we don't do it right the first time.

This issue arose when tribes informed the division that under their interpretation of tribal sovereignty, they did not need to comply with the state's certification program.

a long and tortured history, of which we are not at all proud.

This law suit is separate from the criminal complaint that was filed.

Any type of crime with biological evidence is eligible for DNA matching. Blood happens to be a particularly common and good source of genetic evidence.

In fact, we're encouraged the Supreme Court has decided to set up an expedited briefing schedule by next Friday because it means the other side will have a chance to give their argument on an expedited schedule.

All that that they were able to say was that the district attorney removed three African American jurors,

All the bill really does is eliminate the state certificate. The substantive requirements imposed by the program to ensure that we get high-quality prints . . . will remain the policy.