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California's death penalty flip-flops
California's death penalty flip-flops
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20 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
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For decades, California voters and politicians have vacillated over the future of the death penalty. Currently, Gov. Gavin Newsom has put a moratorium on them and has ordered that death row at San Quentin State Prison — the largest in the United States — be emptied. Is this the end of the line for capital punishment in the Golden State — for real?More reading:California moves forward on plans to shut down death rowCalifornia is closing San Quentin’s death row. This is its gruesome historyEditorial: Dismantle death row, but don’t stop there
Released:
Feb 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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