Gavin Newsom: “The harm they inflicted persists across generations.”

State-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values

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

This decision is among the most difficult of my career, not because I doubt its necessity for our state but because I know its announcement may surface excruciating memories for victims’ families.

It has not been and cannot be fairly applied and has resulted in the conviction of innocent people.