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Federal Judge Strikes Down California's Death Penalty

The Huffington Post | 7.16.2014 3:47 PM


A federal judge has ruled that California's death penalty system is unconstitutional.

U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney handed down an order Wednesday, finding that the system is arbitrary and in violation of the Constitution's 8th Amendment.

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