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The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

States with the death penalty. Source: deathpenaltyinfo.org. Infographic credit: Kian Nassre.

Achieving press but not progress: Governor Newsom’s moratorium on the death penalty

Zella Lezak, Staff Writer May 30, 2019

On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, announced a moratorium on the death penalty, temporarily pardoning 737 inmates on death row. While this suspension remains unprecedented,...

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