Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (CJLF)
Amicus Curiae
Charles L. Hobson, Counsel of RecordThe Criminal Justice Legal Foundation is a nonprofit California-based organization created to participate in criminal justice-related cases and advocate victims’ rights and the effective use of capital punishment. Charles L. Hobson is an attorney with the CJLF. He received his law degree from the University of the Pacific in 1987. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 10, 2002.At this late stage, this Court should not upset its capital punishment jurisprudence. From its fractured origins in Furman v. Georgia (1972), Eighth…
