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Polly Klaas Convicted Murderer Getting Resentencing Hearing Friday

April 3, 2024 12:25 pmApril 4, 2024 6:59 pm

This article has been updated, below. After running for governor on a vow to uphold California voters’ support of the death penalty, Governor Gavin Newsom announced in March 2019, shortly after taking office, that he would grant reprieves for all...

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November 12, 2019 2:30 amNovember 11, 2019 8:47 pm

Last Thursday, El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini told reporters an illegal alien “murdered my deputy,” Brian Ishmael. As the sheriff also noted, “noticeably absent from my deputy’s funeral on Tuesday, was our governor.” Asked whether Newsom’s absence was a...

One Year Since Arrest of Golden State Killer and Original Nightstalker

April 23, 2019 12:29 pmApril 23, 2019 1:54 pm

“The answer has always been in Sacramento.” That was Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on April 25, 2018, when she announced the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo. Also present were district attorneys Tony Rackauckas of Orange County, Nancy...

Murder Victims’ Families Duped by Gov. Newsom in Pre-Death Penalty Moratorium Meeting

March 27, 2019 3:38 pmApril 12, 2023 12:05 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced March 13 that he is granting reprieves for all 737 death penalty murderers on California’s death row, calling the death penalty “ineffective, irreversible and immoral.” He then signed an executive order putting a moratorium on...

Governor’s Murderer Reprieve Trumps Voters, Trashes Crime Victims

March 13, 2019 2:43 pmMarch 13, 2019 2:44 pm

As the Sacramento Bee reported, California Governor Gavin Newsom “plans to sign an executive order Wednesday morning granting reprieves to all 737 Californians awaiting executions.” The governor’s action comes “three years after California voters rejected an initiative to end the...