BURKE, J.
The issue here presented is whether the death penalty and the procedures followed in imposing it are constitutional, and not whether it should be retained or abolished in California. Retention or abolition raises a question of legislative policy which under our system of division of powers falls within the competence of the Legislature or the electorate.
A jury found Frederick Saterfield guilty on two counts of first degree murder and fixed the penalty...
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