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Gavin Newsom moves to dismantle nation's largest death row in California by moving all condemned inmates to other prison

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the nation's largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years.

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Soros-Backed Los Angeles DA Drops Death Penalty for Cop Killer

Los Angeles' Soros-installed District Attorney, George Gascón, announced Friday that his office won't seek the death penalty for a gang member who killed a police officer. The assailant also shot and killed his own cousin. and his own cousin. Michael Chr

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Nigerian state says rapists will face surgical castration; death penalty if victims are under 14 | Fox News

The governor of a state in Nigeria has enacted a new law that imposes surgical castration on convicted rapists and the death penalty on those whose victims are under age 14.

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California's new governor signs moratorium on executions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The 737 inmates on the nation's largest death row got a reprieve from California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday when he signed an executive order placing a moratorium on...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s death penalty order gives reprieve to these serial killers, child murderers | Fox News

Child murderers, rapists and serial killers who tortured their victims with everything from ice picks to a 4-foot twig are set to have their lives spared Wednesday -- until at least 2023 -- as California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs an executive order to halt

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HAMMER: Roberts And Kavanaugh’s Death Penalty Betrayal Again Shows Why Conservatives Never Win The Long Game On Judges

How many betrayals from Republican-nominated Supreme Court Justices will it take to finally convince conservatives that the judicial deck is systemically stacked against us in such a wa

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The Death Penalty, Nearing Its End

The signs of capital punishment’s impending demise are all around.

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The 'Grim Sleeper' is sentenced to death for string of murders

A former Los Angeles garbage collector convicted in the so-called Grim Sleeper slayings that spanned more than two decades was sentenced to death on Wednesday, capping a lengthy case that centered on the gruesome deaths of more than a dozen women in Sou