Calif.’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules

A federal district judge has ruled that California's death penalty system is unconstitutional, ironically because Death Row takes too long. U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney determined in Jones v. Chappell that the massive delays in the Golden State's administration of the death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition......



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