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Federal appeals court upholds California death penalty

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California's death penalty survived a major legal challenge Thursday as a federal appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling that had found the system unconstitutional.

The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena heard from attorneys earlier this year representing death row inmate Ernest Jones and the warden of San Quentin State Prison.


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