SF Chronicle: Gov. Newsom to order halt to California’s death penalty
“I do not believe that a civilized society can claim to be a leader in the world as long as its government continues to sanction the premeditated and discriminatory execution of its people,” Newsom said in a statement accompanying an executive order.
Newsom will move to close down the death chamber at San Quentin State Prison and withdraw California’s revised plans for lethal injection.
