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Gavin Newsom: “The state cannot morally kill them.”

On the recordNovember 6, 2026
The state cannot morally kill them.
Said by
Gavin Newsom
Democratic · California
Source
bbc.co.uk

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Governor Newsom on the morality of the death penalty.

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