July 20, 2014 10:56 am

California's Death Penalty Declared Unconstitutional

Last week, a federal judge declared California’s death penalty unconstitutional because of the Eighth Amendment’s guarantee against “cruel and unusual punishment.” NBC Bay Area Political Analyst Larry Gerston explains the unconstitutional ruling.

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