What is the penalty for multiple-murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kopatz, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 797, 347 P.3d 952, 61 Cal.4th 62 (Cal. 2015):
Here, the information properly charged and the jury found true only one multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation. (People v. Zamudio, supra, 43 Cal.4th at p. 363, 75 Cal.Rptr.3d 289, 181 P.3d 105.) With regard to the multiple-murder special circumstance, the trial court instructed during the penalty phase as follows:
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