What are some of the arguments in defence of the death penalty statute under the federal and state constitutions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cox, 280 Cal.Rptr. 692, 53 Cal.3d 618, 809 P.2d 351 (Cal. 1991):
In summary fashion and without critical analysis, defendant raises several challenges to the validity of the 1978 death penalty statute under the federal and state Constitutions. We have consistently rejected each of these [53 Cal.3d 692] arguments and do so again. (See People v. Allison (1989) 48 Cal.3d 879, 899, 258 Cal.Rptr. 208, 771 P.2d 1294.)
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