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Newsom’s Order Is Reprieve for Fresno’s Worst Mass Killer

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed placing a moratorium on executions in the state Wednesday. Here are some notable inmates out of the 737 people on the nation's largest death row: — Marcus D. Wesson. Now 70 years old, Fresno's worst mass murderer horrified the nation and the world when he...

Newsom Puts Moratorium on California Executions

SACRAMENTO — The 737 inmates on California's largest-in-the-nation death row are getting a reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who plans to sign an executive order Wednesday placing a moratorium on executions. Newsom also is withdrawing the lethal injection regulations that death penalty opponents already have tied up in courts and...

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