Albert Greenwood Brown

For other people named Albert Brown, see Albert Brown (disambiguation).
Albert Greenwood Brown Jr.
Born (1954-08-18) August 18, 1954 (age 70)[1]
Tulare, California, U.S.[2]
Other namesAlbert Greenwood Tweedle[1]
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Conviction(s)First degree murder with special circumstances
Forcible rape (2 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath

Albert Greenwood Brown Jr. (born August 18, 1954)[1] is an American murderer and rapist who has been convicted of sexual molestation with force of a minor, two counts of first-degree rape with force, and the first degree murder of a teen girl in Riverside, California.

He was scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. on September 30, 2010, in California's first use of capital punishment since the lifting of a court-ordered moratorium. The use of lethal injection had been suspended in the state since February 2006 because of objections of cruel and unusual punishment for shortcomings of the facilities and procedures previously in use at San Quentin State Prison.

Brown's lawyers appealed to block their client's execution, with the execution initially planned to be carried out in a new facility at the prison that is certified to use either a single or three-drug protocol.[3][4][5]

The US Ninth Court of Appeals ordered US District Judge Jeremy D. Fogel to review the case. It noted that the execution date might have been influenced by the fact that the prison's inventory of sodium thiopental, one of the drugs required for lethal injection, would expire on October 1, 2010. Judge Fogel halted the execution to permit time to review whether the new injection procedures addressed previous objections.[6] On September 29, 2010, the Supreme Court of California unanimously denied an appeal by the state to proceed by the end of the month.[7] Brown's execution was then delayed because the prison's supply of the lethal injection drug had expired.[8] The manufacturer of sodium thiopental stated that new supplies would not be available until 2011.[9]

As of 2023, Brown remains on death row as a result of the continuing state-wide suspension of the death penalty in California.[10]

  1. ^ a b c "Criminal check: Albert G. Brown". CriminalCheck.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference VTD-20100928-delays was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ De Atley, Richard K. (2010-10-09). "Jordan murder: Mountain of evidence against Brown". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  4. ^ Elias, Paul; Collins, Terry (2010-09-27). "California governor delays execution by 45 hours". San Francisco Examiner. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-10-25.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Mintz, Howard (2010-09-25). "Condemned killer asks judge to reconsider ruling". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  6. ^ Egelko, Bob (2010-09-28). "Judge blocks Thursday night execution". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  7. ^ Egelko, Bob (2010-09-29). "State high court blocks murderer's execution". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  8. ^ Mullane, Nancy (2010-10-01). "Witness to an execution: The execution halted". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  9. ^ Egelko, Bob (2010-09-28). "Court sends execution case back to U.S. judge". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  10. ^ "No. 21-1512 *** CAPITAL CASE *** Supreme Court of the United States". supremecourt.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-21.