Government,
Criminal
Mar. 14, 2019
Closing gas chamber may provide legal challenge to governor
The 2016 voter initiative to keep the death penalty required the state to maintain the ability to “perform any duty needed to enable it to execute the judgment.”
Confronted with 25 inmates who have exhausted their death row appeals, Gov. Gavin Newsom called a moratorium on the state’s use of capital punishment despite voter-enacted legislation ensuring the state’s ability to carry out the sentences.
But prosecutors and death penalty proponents believe they may have a legal challenge based on the governor’s decision to shutter the execution chamber at San Quentin State Prison.
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