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Originally Posted by Climb2safety
California doesn't have the death penalty
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Yes, it does.
There's this new thing called WikiPedia. It's great. Not always factual, but in this case, it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capita..._in_California
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Originally Posted by Lee3691
You are both wrong and right....
At the time of the Simpson / Goldman murders, California did have a death penalty. However, currently California does not due to a judge declaring the death penalty unconstitutional, and apparently no one has challenged it. However, even if it was legal, I do not believe these murders would quality, because it appeared to be a crime of passion, which usually isn't the type of murder people are executed for.
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This is incorrect, and I quote,
"On July 16, 2014, federal judge Cormac J. Carney of the United States District Court ruled that California's death penalty system is unconstitutional because it is arbitrary and plagued with delay. The state has not executed a prisoner since 2006. The judge stated that the current system violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment by imposing a sentence that “no rational jury or legislature could ever impose: life in prison, with the remote possibility of death.”
However, on November 12, 2015, a panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the district court's ruling in a 3-0 published decision. The three judges held that the claim was not justiciable under federal habeas corpus.[31][32]"
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Originally Posted by justink
No. You're wrong.
California still definitely has the death penalty. There's over 700+ people currently on death row (most in the country - because it's California and hippies don't like putting people to death).
Any judge can say any stupid shit like "the death penalty is unconstitutional" but it doesn't change anything. Judge Kevin Fine - Harris County (the asshole) said the same thing in Texas; Texas didn't blink. He's in jail now, where he belongs. But that's my opinion, for personal reasons.
TLDR: California is a death penalty state and has the most people sitting on death row. They haven't executed anyone in a while but that just means they have a huge backlog.
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They have it, they just don't use it. In fact I believe there's an increasing trend of clearing the backlog by commuting death sentences. CA has so many new criminals that are waiting to go to prison that hundreds are being released every day. (felons in general, that is)