Sister Helen Prejean, faith leaders press Newsom to clear death row

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Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Sister Helen Prejean and 130 religious leaders in California on Tuesday called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences for all of the state's death row prisoners. The call comes six years after the two-term Democratic governor issued a moratorium on the death penalty in California and it's been nearly two decades since the state carried out an execution . Now, Prejean, a prominent anti-death penalty advocate , along with faith leaders representing a range of traditions

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