Death Penalty Politics
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s anti-death penalty position will not only intensify the politics of district attorney campaigns but may one-day reach as high as California Supreme Court retention elections. Newsom is leaning toward prohibiting new death sentences in local murder cases. Add death penalty prohibition to issues left-leaning groups are highlighting in efforts to get progressive […]
California’s Death Penalty, An Appreciation
The death penalty in California is dead! Long live the death penalty! That lede isn’t a joke. Nor a contradiction. In California, the death penalty has long existed simultaneously as grave problem and necessary tool. So if Governor Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on the death penalty becomes a permanent ban, we Californians should celebrate the end […]
Newsom Supports Killers, Rapists And Torturers Over Victims And Their Survivors
In 2016, the people of California spoke loudly and unequivocally by passing Prop. 66, a ballot measure to reform and maintain the state’s death penalty. Last week, Governor/Emperor Gavin Newsom thumbed his nose at voters and victims of crime sided squarely with the state’s most monstrous murderers, rapists and torturers by imposing a moratorium on […]
Are Big Tax Increases Coming to California?
Gavin Newsom’s election as governor and the expanded Democratic Party majorities in the Legislature have raised hopes in some quarters and fears in others that big tax increases may be on the horizon. During his campaign for governor last year, Newsom pledged support for a variety of expensive public services, including universal health insurance coverage […]