U.S. judge rules California death penalty system unconstitutional

[Chris_]

U.S. judge rules California death penalty system unconstitutional

California's system for imposing and carrying out the death penalty is so long and drawn-out that it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and so is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

Ruling in the case of Ernest Dewayne Jones, who was condemned to death in 1995 and has yet to be executed, Judge Cormac J. Carney of the U.S. District Court for the Central California said that to take "nearly a generation" to decide on Jones' appeals was unconstitutional.

As part of the ruling, Carney vacated the death penalty sentence in Jones' case.

"Allowing this system to continue to threaten Mr. Jones with the slight possibility of death, almost a generation after he was first sentenced, violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment."

Reuters

Just one more thing California can't seem to get right.

[DefiantSix]

You know, that reads like a judge just ordered Commie-fornia to institute a death penalty system akin to eee-vil Texas' system.

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