Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta, the original writ petition filed 10 months ago attacking California’s death penalty system as racially discriminatory, is still pending. While it is, there’s a program next week about the case: “OSPD et al v. Bonta — The end of the Death Penalty in California?”
The February 18, 12:50–2:00 p.m., event at Stanford Law School is hosted by Stanford’s Three Strikes Project, Stanford Criminal Justice Center, Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition, and Stanford’s Criminal Law Society.
Panelists will be Jess Oats (Director of Systemic Litigation at the San Francisco Office of the State Public Defender), Neil Sawhney (Director of Appellate Advocacy at the ACLU of Northern California), and Natasha Minsker (Policy Consultant). Mike Romano (Director of Stanford’s Three Strikes Project) will moderate.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is here.
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Heavyweight writ petition asks Supreme Court to declare death penalty unconstitutional
“California’s death penalty law deserves a vigorous defense”
AG asks for evidentiary hearing on anti-death penalty petition; 2 DAs want the petition denied
LA Times: “Of course the death penalty is racist. And it would be wrong even if it weren’t”
Two former justices urge Supreme Court to review anti-death penalty writ petition
