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.
And, with this announcement, Newsome 2028 has begun. 😅
But, props where props are due. Death penalty gets handed out far too often and far too disproportionately, within a legal system that gets stuff wrong far too often.
He nuked the billionaire tax…
Oh, I’m not his fan girl. Just giving a nod for when someone does the right thing.
Apologies, I wasn’t suggesting you were. Just noting it’s a convenient distraction.
Ah, true. That’s very fair.
He already put a moratorium on the death penalty in CA back in 2019. Its literally nothing other than posturing. Its about the most Gavin shit he could pull right now.