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Scope and Contents A binder of exhibits 51-60 presented in the Fierro v. Harris case in California. These exhibits are documents related to the use of cyanide gas in the Holocaust. Included are declarations and transcripts of interviews from Holocaust survivors Paul Benko, Gloria Lyon, and John Steiner, a declaration from Lani Silver stating that the interviews from the Holocaust survivors were part of the Holocaust Oral History Project, testimony from Rudolf Hoess, a Nazi commander who witnessed execution by...

Scope and Contents A binder of exhibits 61-90 presented in the Fierro v. Harris case in California. Exhibit 61 is related to public opinion towards the death penalty and methods of execution consisting of an Arizona Republic Poll from 1992, Arizona KAET Poll from 1992, Colorado Talmey Research and Strategy Poll from 1988, and three Gallup Polls from 1953, 1985, and 1991. Exhibits 62-69 covers the legislative history of methods of execution in Arizona (1992 House Bills 2055 and 2002 advocating for discontinuing...

Scope and Contents A binder of exhibits 91-100 presented in the Fierro v. Harris case in California. Exhibits 91-95 are newspaper articles about specific uses of the death penalty 1938 to 1992. The majority were published by the Los Angeles Times or by other papers in California. Exhibit 96 consists of articles published between 1937 and 1992 about the death penalty and methods of execution. Exhibit 97 is a declaration from Carl Behrens, a veteran and law enforcement officer, about his witnessing of the...

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Copy of Judge Marilyn Patel’s opinion in the Fierro vs. Gomez case which ruled execution by lethal gas violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.