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California Halts the Use of the Death Penalty
Gov. Gavin Newsom dealt a major blow to the nation’s already anemic death penalty on Wednesday when he announced a moratorium on the practice in California. With 737 death row prisoners, the state has by far the nation’s largest death row, dwarfing the next largest states, Florida with 353 and T...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced a halt on all executions in California, the state with the largest death row population in the nation. It's time for every state with the death penalty to follow suit.
