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Newsom suspended the death penalty. Will he go even further?

You could be forgiven for thinking capital punishment is all but dead in California. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom halted executions and removed the gas chamber chair from San Quentin. Yet 546 men and 18 women are still sentenced to death in the state. A new analysis from The Marshall Project and CalMatters finds this […]

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Newsom suspended the death penalty. Will he go even further?
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4 of 20
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10 of 10
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