Certainly so in CA. There's people there on death row waiting since Carter was president. That's not justice, and soon it'll argued such a fantastic delay is itself cruel and unusual punishment.
There must be a way to stop this unlawful circumvention of the law but I don't see how. All it takes is the whim of a politician or judge who don't agree with the policy to see it's never enforced.
We're now at 60 years to clear death row is none are added and one execution takes place every year. This is an absurdity.
I wonder what will happen if voters refuse to overturn the death penalty in November? More of the same by pro-criminal activists I'm sure.
Lawyers on the dole.