What is the test for "unbridled" approval of the death penalty?
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The following excerpt is from Cornwell v. Warden, No. 2:06-cv-00705 TLN-KJN (E.D. Cal. 2018):
jury to exercise unbridled discretion in determining whether the death penalty should be imposed after it has found that the defendant is a member of the class made eligible for that penalty by statute." California v. Ramos, 463 U.S. 992, 1009 n.22 (1983).
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