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Harris Calls For Federal Moratorium On Executions In Wake Of Newsom’s Order (Article from 2019 but more relevant than ever)
CBS SF ^ | March 15, 2019 | AP/ CBS SF

Posted on 10/01/2020 7:40:30 PM PDT by rintintin

WASHINGTON (CBS SF / AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Thursday that there should be a federal moratorium on executions.

The senator from California discussed the matter on National Public Radio, a day after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California granted reprieves to 737 death row inmates and signed an executive order placing a moratorium on executions.

Harris was asked if there should be “a federal equivalent” to Newsom’s order.

She said, “Yes, I think that there should be.”

(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...


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Why isn’t the Trump campaign highlighting Harris’s leftism, including opposition to death penalty?
1 posted on 10/01/2020 7:40:31 PM PDT by rintintin
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