California governor halts death penalty: ‘I couldn’t sleep’
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday imposed a moratorium on the death penalty as the possibility of the first executions in the state in 13 years loomed, causing him a crisis of conscience. Statistics suggesting that at least one of the 737 inmates on the state's death row was innocent sealed the deal
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