<P> On July 16 , 2014 , federal judge Cormac J. Carney of the United States District Court ruled that California 's death penalty system is unconstitutional because it is arbitrary and plagued with delay . The state has not executed a prisoner since 2006 . The judge stated that the current system violates the Eighth Amendment 's ban on cruel and unusual punishment by imposing a sentence that `` no rational jury or legislature could ever impose : life in prison , with the remote possibility of death . '' </P>
<P> On July 16 , 2014 , federal judge Cormac J. Carney of the United States District Court ruled that California 's death penalty system is unconstitutional because it is arbitrary and plagued with delay . The state has not executed a prisoner since 2006 . The judge stated that the current system violates the Eighth Amendment 's ban on cruel and unusual punishment by imposing a sentence that `` no rational jury or legislature could ever impose : life in prison , with the remote possibility of death . '' </P>
when did california get rid of death penalty
when did california get rid of death penalty
July 16 , 2014
July 16 , 2014