Does international law and treaties render the death penalty unconstitutional?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Charles, 188 Cal.Rptr.3d 282, 349 P.3d 990, 61 Cal.4th 308 (Cal. 2015):
The death penalty as applied in this state is not rendered unconstitutional through operation of international law and treaties. (People v. Williams, supra, 58 Cal.4th at p. 295, 165 Cal.Rptr.3d 717, 315 P.3d 1.)
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