Opinion ID: 1935115
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Heading: Constitutionality of New Jersey Death Penalty Act

Text: Defendant maintains that the New Jersey death-penalty statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3c to -3f, violates both federal and State constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. See U.S. Const. amends. VIII, XIV; N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 12. This Court has consistently upheld the constitutionality of New Jersey's death-penalty statute, most recently in DiFrisco, supra, 137 N.J. at 508, 645 A. 2d 734. Defendant presents no new arguments that impel us to reconsider that issue. See, e.g., State v. Marshall, 123 N.J. 1, 169, 586 A. 2d 85 (1991); Ramseur, supra, 106 N.J. at 166-97, 524 A. 2d 188.