Does international law prohibit a sentence of death rendered in accordance with state and federal constitutional and statutory requirements?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, S030553 (Cal. 2013):

"International law does not prohibit a sentence of death rendered in accordance with state and federal constitutional and statutory requirements." (People v. Friend, supra, 47 Cal.4th at p. 90.)

For the foregoing reasons, the judgment is affirmed.

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