California Gov. Gavin Newsom Suspends Death Penalty, Calls System ‘a Failure’
March 14, 2019
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California Governor Gavin Newsom took his pen in hand this week, and signed an order putting an executive moratorium on the death penalty in the state.
The action suspends any further executions in California as long as Newsom is governor. But only California voters can repeal the death penalty, something they rejected narrowly three years ago.