Death Penalty

Anyone who has witnessed an execution never forgets it. The memory of August (Boogie Woogie) LaFontaine's death by lethal gas, pushed far back into the darkest shadows of my mind, came to light again with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement of his moratorium on the state’s death penalty, an action taken in four states in recent years.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom, a longtime death penalty opponent, has announced a moratorium on executions in California. His move over-rides a decision the state’s voters made in 2016 to maintain capital punishment.

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Duane Baker, Temecula I fully agree with this commentary.  The power of the governor can and should be used in specific cases when the governor feels that there are new facts or that a miscarriage of justice has occurred. Mass clemency does not meet that test and ignores the specifics of each case. My father’s murderer, […]

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