Gavin Newsom: “This is all personal.”

After nearly 30 years in public office, I have come to understand the limits of what government can justly accomplish.

I know we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, first among them justice and human decency.

The people sentenced to death in California caused indescribable suffering to victims, their families, communities, and our state as a whole … many Californians feel that those who commit brutal crimes deserve to die. But as governor, I…

State-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values