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DA: Governor’s Unilateral Decision on Death Penalty Undermines `Rule of Law’

Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin Friday issued an official statement on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s imposition of a moratorium on executions of condemned prisoners in California, saying that the unilateral decision had “inflicted lasting damage to the rule of law.” “Gov. Newsom … issued a blanket death penalty `reprieve’ for eligible inmates based on his […]

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