The move serves as an immediate reprieve for hundreds of prisoners currently housed on the nation’s largest Death Row
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom, arguing that the death penalty overwhelmingly discriminates against racial minorities and the poor, will sign an order Wednesday placing a moratorium on executions in California, according to his office. .
With his action, Newsom will joins governors in Pennsylvania, Oregon and Colorado who have used their powers to impose moratoriums on executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which says that 20 states, plus the District of Columbia, have now abolished or overturned the death penalty.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Moreover, his office said, the sentence has been wrongly administered to innocent people — many of them poor — including five in California who were freed from Death Row after appeals.
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