Amicus letter in OSPD v. Bonta S284496
On April 9, 2024 the State Public Defender filed a petition for a writ of mandate in the California Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction, challenging the state’s capital punishment system with an equal protection argument. The matter is captioned Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta (S284496). For a complete description of the petition and its context, we recommend this At the Lectern article by David Ettinger. Two affiliates of Berkeley Law’s California Constitution Center filed an amicus curiae letter brief in this matter (filing as the California Constitution Scholars), arguing that rather than granting an alternative writ and confronting...