Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors, after Christa Pike’s failed execution
Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has commuted the death sentences of more than 500 people on the state’s death row on Thursday, a move that ensures they can never be executed under future administrations.
The Democrat’s mass commutation at the end of his term has converted all of the state’s death sentences to life without the possibility of parole, the largest clearing of any US death row in modern history.
The move comes after the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee sparked global outrage and renewed calls for a nationwide pause on capital punishment.
FWIW, they haven’t actually executed anyone there in twenty years, and Newsom issued a moratorium when he took office in 2019. In typical Newsom fashion, he’s playing it for maximal media attention, but this is not some huge change for California.
As for the rest of the US, feel free to pile it on. Capital punishment erodes the soul of a nation, and the more you use it, the worse the corrosion.
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911, literally over 100 years ago. California does not get a pass in my book.
I know, but it’s still torture to be on death row, and practices can change, as long as the death penalty is used in courts, there’s a risk you may actually at some point get executed.
It’s not only the act itself that is barbaric.
I 100% agree with your last part, we have a saying here, “vold avler vold” which translates to violence breeds violence.
The more violence you allow the public to use against citizens, the more violence there will be in that society.
And USA is an extreme case in that regard, and has way more violence than countries USA is normally compared with.
Death penalty, three strikes, police violence, and lack of gun control are all huge parts of this.