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Constitutional Law

Jul. 29, 2014

Death is the ultimate run-on sentence

When U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ruled that California's death penalty system is unconstitutional, he cited a 1995 law review article co-authored by U.S. Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski, which is excerpted here.


Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney ruled that due to delays in California's death penalty system, the death penalty serves no penological purpose and is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Carney cited a 1995 law review article co-authored by U.S. Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski. The following is an excerpt from that article, in which Kozinski and his co-author Sean Gallagher discuss the life cycle of a death penalty case.


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