Does a capital sentencing scheme violate equal protection by denying procedural safeguards that would otherwise be available to non-capital defendants?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, 235 Cal.Rptr.3d 64, 420 P.3d 878, 5 Cal.5th 339 (Cal. 2018):
"The capital sentencing scheme does not violate equal protection by denying to capital defendants procedural safeguards that are available to noncapital defendants." ( People v. Thomas (2012) 53 Cal.4th 771, 836, 137 Cal.Rptr.3d 533, 269 P.3d 1109 ( Thomas ).)
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