California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Justice Liu Urges California Supreme Court to Reconsider Constitutionality of Death Penalty
"Given the stakes for capital defendants, the prosecution, and the justice system, I urge this court, as well as other responsible officials sworn to uphold the Constitution, to revisit this issue at an appropriate time," wrote California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu.
August 26, 2021 at 05:09 PM
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A California Supreme Court justice is calling on his colleagues to revisit the constitutionality of the death penalty after the court affirmed a death penalty verdict in a case that capital punishment opponents hoped would lead to sweeping reforms.
On Thursday, the high court affirmed a death sentence verdict for Don'te Lamont McDaniel, who was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Justice Goodwin Liu authored the 77-page opinion affirming the sentence in adherence with precedent, but he also wrote a 30-page concurrence expressing doubts about the case law that allowed juries to consider certain circumstances that would increase the severity of a crime and allow for death penalty sentencing.
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