I. BACKGROUND

The death penalty law does not violate equal protection because it provides different procedures for capital and noncapital defendants. (Fayed, supra, 9 Cal.5th at p. 214; Rhoades, supra, 8 Cal.5th at p. 456.) California’s capital sentencing scheme does not violate international law or the Eighth Amendment. (Beck and Cruz, supra, 8 Cal.5th at ... ................
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