Criminal
Nov. 25, 2000
Immaculate Rejection
The prosecutor told the jurors that they could '[do] what God says' and impose the death penalty, or act like heathens and let Sandoval live.
It might be a question of life or death, but it is not God's call. In California, a jury of mere mortals must decide whether capital punishment should be imposed.
Recently, in Sandoval v. Calderon, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11817 (9th Cir. Nov. 7, 2000), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
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