Entries tagged with “Governor Gavin Newsom”

Policy Issues

Arbitrariness

Race

Oct 28, 2020

California Governor, 6 District Attorneys File Briefs Saying State’s Death Penalty is Arbitrary and ‘Infected by Racism’

Calling California capital sentencing proceedings “infected by racism,” Governor Gavin Newsom (pictured) has filed a brief in the California Supreme Court supporting a death-row prisoner’s claim that capital punis…

Policy Issues

Race

Sentencing Data

Jan 21, 2020

DPIC Analysis: Racial Disparities Persisted in U.S. Death Sentences and Executions in 2019

A DPIC analysis of executions and new death sentences in 2019 has found that even as death penalty usage declined across the United States, racial disparities in its application persisted. Studies have

Apr 01, 2021

Newsom Appoints Legislator Who Co-Authored Constitutional Amendment Against Death Penalty to be California’s Attorney General

California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Rob Bonta (pictured), a state legislator who co-authored a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban capital punishment, as California’s attorne…

Entries tagged with “Governor Gavin Newsom”

Policy Issues

California Governor, 6 District Attorneys File Briefs Saying State’s Death Penalty is Arbitrary and ​‘Infected by Racism’

Policy Issues

DPIC Analysis: Racial Disparities Persisted in U.S. Death Sentences and Executions in 2019

Newsom Appoints Legislator Who Co-Authored Constitutional Amendment Against Death Penalty to be California’s Attorney General

California Governor, 6 District Attorneys File Briefs Saying State’s Death Penalty is Arbitrary and ‘Infected by Racism’