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March 13, 2019

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces Death Penalty Moratorium
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign an executive order
today putting a moratorium on the death penalty. Over 700 prisoners are
currently on death row in California, although the state has not
performed any executions in over a decade because of legal challenges to
the state's lethal injection procedure. Prepared remarks by Newsom cite
racial discrimination and wrongful convictions, as well as the high cost
to taxpayers. The order does not abolish the death penalty in California
but would temporarily ban the practice during Newsom's tenure as
governor.


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