In their rush to resume executions in California, Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Brown are ignoring the court order that halts executions.

New lethal injection procedures were recently approved by a state agency, but those procedures have NOT been approved by a judge and an injunction against executions has NOT been lifted. Despite that, state officials have attempted to resume executions. A Marin judge recently ruled again that the time-out on executions remains in place. But the Governor and AG have not stopped -- they are moving forward with preparing for an execution and asking for more execution dates.

When dealing with the lives of people and the welfare of victims' families, the state cannot rush into something that may have devastating implications. Even more obviously, they cannot simply ignore the courts.

Tell the Governor and Attorney General that the full legal process must be finished before they can resume executions.

In their haste to resume executions in California, the Governor and the Attorney General have not considered the impact this process has on the victims' families. With all the lawsuits still pending, any execution date set now will almost certainly be rescheduled. The Attorney General and the Governor need to go to court and get the legal questions answered before putting family members through this roller coaster.