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Few worse atrocities have ever existed than the protection of Richard Allen Davis from execution, by California governor Gavin Newsome.
Let's begin with a summary of facts >>>
I would say it is hard to disagree with that, and it is mind boggling that less than a month from now, thousands of Californians will vote to re-elect this man.
On a side note, Newsome has been involved is various scandals. Amongthese were directing the San Francisco city–county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, thereby violating state law, he said he would appoint a Black woman to replace Dianne Feinstein if she were to retire from the Senate, a violation of US Civil rights law, and the NPR station CapRadio reported that Newsom and Cal Fire had falsely claimed in January 2020 that 90,000 acres of land at risk for wildfires had been treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns; the actual treated area was 11,399 acres, an overstatement of 690%. In conjunction with this Newsome was involved in a corruption scandal, accused of accepting campaign donations from PG&E, allowing PG&E to avoid billions of dollars in extra fees.
In addition, Newsome was pictured dining at a posh restaurant with 11 maskless friends, flouting his own Covid rules, at the height of the pandemic.
An attempt at recalling Newsome failed by a slim margin.
Polly Klaas
Marc Klaas
Richard Allen Davis
Gavin Newsome
Let's begin with a summary of facts >>>
- RAD was convicted in 1996, of killing a 12 year old girl, Polly Klaas, in 1993
- RAD was sentenced to death in 1996
- RAD showed no remorse and even gave 2 middle fingers to the Klaas family in the courtroom
- RAD, in court, claimed that Polly Klaas' father had molested her (no evidence ever shown)
- California governor Gavin Newsome stated that there would be no executions to the best of his power, during his administration, a violation of state law
- Newsome signed an order on executions saying the death penalty is ineffective, irreversible, and immoral
- In January 2022, Newsom directed the state to begin dismantling its death row in San Quentin, to be transformed into a "space for rehabilitation programs"
- Republican opponents criticized Newsom's moves to halt capital punishment in California, as defiance of the will of voters (who upheld capital punishment twice, in 2012 and 2016),, and capital punishment advocates said they denied closure to murder victims' families
I would say it is hard to disagree with that, and it is mind boggling that less than a month from now, thousands of Californians will vote to re-elect this man.
On a side note, Newsome has been involved is various scandals. Amongthese were directing the San Francisco city–county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, thereby violating state law, he said he would appoint a Black woman to replace Dianne Feinstein if she were to retire from the Senate, a violation of US Civil rights law, and the NPR station CapRadio reported that Newsom and Cal Fire had falsely claimed in January 2020 that 90,000 acres of land at risk for wildfires had been treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns; the actual treated area was 11,399 acres, an overstatement of 690%. In conjunction with this Newsome was involved in a corruption scandal, accused of accepting campaign donations from PG&E, allowing PG&E to avoid billions of dollars in extra fees.
In addition, Newsome was pictured dining at a posh restaurant with 11 maskless friends, flouting his own Covid rules, at the height of the pandemic.
An attempt at recalling Newsome failed by a slim margin.
Gavin Newsome
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