California's Death Penalty Dilemma

This article discusses California's legal machinery in capital punishment cases, cites relevant court decisions, and provides tables showing the number of persons on death row and how long they have been awaiting execution. While executions have been stemmed by various court orders, death penalty cases con tinue to arrive on the row. Quick justice or even orderly or systematic justice does not exist in the present administration of capital punishment cases. There are no known solutions to California's present dilemma.