Commentary The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced this week it was dismantling its Death Row at San Quentin prison. The 695 convicted murderers currently awaiting their date with eternity will be transferred to other sections. The department announced the area would be “repurposed” into a “positive, healing environment.” Only in California. The last execution in the state occurred under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 2006. In 2010, Gov. Jerry Brown campaigned on not opposing executions, but everybody knew he personally was opposed to them, and there wouldn’t be any while he was in office. Meanwhile, legal challenges tied up the execution dates of those sitting on Death Row. Until 2014, when Brown was re-elected, not just Republicans but Democrats running for governor had to support executions because doing the opposite was toxic. Gov. Gray Davis signed off on five executions. In 2016, voters decided two death penalty initiatives. Proposition 62 …
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