Does the death penalty violate international human decency or the Eighth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, 11 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1656, 121 Cal.Rptr.3d 521, 2011 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1966, 247 P.3d 886, 51 Cal.4th 449 (Cal. 2011):
The death penalty, when applied in accord with state and federal statutory and constitutional requirements, does not violate international law. [Citation.] International norms of human decency do not render the death penalty, applied as a regular form of punishment, violative of the Eighth Amendment. [Citations.] ( People v. Cowan, supra, 50 Cal.4th at p. 510, 113 Cal.Rptr.3d 850, 236 P.3d 1074.)
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