How does the death penalty work?
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The following excerpt is from Adamson v. Ricketts, 865 F.2d 1011 (9th Cir. 1988):
The death penalty qualitatively differs from any other sentence. California v. Ramos, 463 U.S. 992, 998-99, 103 S.Ct. 3446, 3451-52, 77 L.Ed.2d 1171 (1983); Zant v. Stephens, 462 U.S. 862, 884, 103
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