Author Topic: Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop death penalty in California, giving reprieves to 737 death row inmates  (Read 543 times)

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Offline Machiavelli

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Sophia Bollag
The Sacramento Bee
March 12, 2019

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is putting a moratorium on the death penalty in California, sparing the lives of more than 700 death-row inmates.

Newsom plans to sign an executive order Wednesday morning granting reprieves to all 737 Californians awaiting executions – a quarter of the country’s death row inmates.

His action comes three years after California voters rejected an initiative to end the death penalty, instead passing a measure to speed up executions.

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If they ever decide to become another country, it may be in our best interest to negotiate the debt, turn them loose, and build a wall.

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Hey! I live in California!  :laugh:

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Idiocy abounds!  Especially in California of late!
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Idiocy abounds!  Especially in California of late!

first off in defense of CA voters:

"His action comes three years after California voters rejected an initiative to end the death penalty, instead passing a measure to speed up executions."

Newsome is going against the expressed will of voters.

Heis a pathetically weak public speaker.







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first off in defense of CA voters:

"His action comes three years after California voters rejected an initiative to end the death penalty, instead passing a measure to speed up executions."

Newsome is going against the expressed will of voters.

Heis a pathetically weak public speaker.

Leftists love their tyranny and ignoring the will of the people.
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Hey! I live in California!  :laugh:

I feel terribly sorry for the 737 or more families who now have to deal with the fact that their loved one's killer now gets to avoid their just rewards.  Geez CA sucks.
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It’ll probably save the state some significant bucks.

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It’ll probably save the state some significant bucks.

How will keeping 737 of the worst of the worst alive, with food, medical care, and sex change operations at will, save money?
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It’ll probably save the state some significant bucks.

$200 cost of chemicals x 737 = $147,400

$32,000 housing & feeding x 737 = $25,058,000/per year

I don't think so.

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Gavin Newsom had better hope that no harm comes to one of mine because of this.  End of transmission.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

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