Metropolitan Water District To Cut Water Supplies To Some Cities; Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona Returns To Work; Supreme Court Considers Lethal Injection; New Hampshire Primary Preview; What's Most Important to Voters?
Metropolitan Water District To Cut Water Supplies To Some Cities
Larry talks with Bob Muir, spokesman for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and Joone Lopez, Deputy General Manager of the Central Basin Municipal Water District, about the Metropolitan Water District cutting back on water supplies to various Southern California cities. What might be the impact?
Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona Returns To Work
Larry Mantle talks with Peggy Lowe, Politics reporter for The Orange County Register about Mike Carona's first day back on the job as Orange County Sheriff.
Supreme Court Considers Lethal Injection
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday addressing the legality of using lethal injection as a method of execution. David Barron, a 29 year old public defender, filed the appeal on behalf of two Kentucky death row inmates. Barron argues that the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections can cause excruciating pain, which amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, a violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. Larry and his guests David R. Dow, Professor of Law at the University of Houston, and John Eastman, Dean of the Chapman University School of Law discuss the appeal which marks the first time in more than a century that the high court will address the legality of a method of execution.
New Hampshire Primary Preview
Larry Mantle talks with journalists Amy Quinton, Reporter for New Hampshire Public Radio, Mark Barabak, LA Times Staff Writer, and Linda Feldmann, White House Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor about where the candidates stand on the eve of the New Hampshire Primary.
What's Most Important to Voters?
What's more important to voters this presidential election: a candidate's personality, or a candidate's specific proposals? Larry Mantle takes calls from listeners about this question and more on the eve of the New Hampshire Primary.