Central District of California (Santa Ana)
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. District Judge by President George W. Bush, Jan. 7, 2003, retired May 2024; Orange County Superior Court judge, 2001-03; partner, associate, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Newport Beach, 1991-2001; associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, 1987-91
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1987
Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. District Judge by President George W. Bush, Jan. 7, 2003, retired May 2024; Orange County Superior Court judge, 2001-03; partner, associate, O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Newport Beach, 1991-2001; associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, 1987-91
Law School: Harvard Law School, 1987
SANTA ANA -- For U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney, finding California's use of the death penalty unconstitutional was easy. He knew condemned inmates were spending decades in prison. He knew how few had been executed, and he knew how few attorneys were qualified to represent them. He also knew the testimony of a man who in addition to never seeing his murdered daughter grow up, knew he'd never see her killer executed, either.
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