In what circumstances will the Court strike down the death penalty?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 106 Cal.Rptr. 622, 506 P.2d 998, 9 Cal.3d 24 (Cal. 1973):

In view of this court's decision in People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628, 100 Cal.Rptr. 152, 493 P.2d 880, that the death penalty violates our state constitutional provision against cruel or unusual punishment, the

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McCOMB, Justice (concurring and dissenting).
I concur in the majority opinion, except that, for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628, 657, 100 Cal.Rptr. 152, 493 P.2d 880, I dissent from the modification of the judgment.

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