by Bob Walsh
Gavin Newsom, governor of the formerly great state of California announced yesterday that today he will issue reprieves for all 737 prisoners on death row in CA. This is despite the fact that the voters of California have twice in recent years voted to RETAIN capital punishment.
Since this is an executive action it is not subject to any review by anyone, except the voters, who will almost certainly completely ignore the action by the time the next election comes around.
Anybody with a brain knew this was going to happen. He can't unilaterally shitcan the law, but he can shitcan the verdicts. And it seems that he will do so, probably by the time you read this.
Your political master has spoken. What, you don't like it? Tough shit. Elections have consequences. If you elect liberal assholes, you get liberal assholeishness.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom To Stop Death Penalty In California, Giving Reprieves To 737 Death Row Inmates
LAPPL News Watch
March 13, 2019
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.
Newsom says the death penalty system has discriminated against mentally ill defendants and people of color. It has not made the state safer and has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars, according to prepared remarks Newsom plans to deliver Wednesday morning when he signs the order.
There's nothing to get exercised over here. This is just a feel-good action by Newsom. When was the last time anyone got executed in California ... and before that execution?
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