California Governor Gavin Newsom: "The intentional killing of another person is wrong". Photo: APThe 737 inmates on California's death row are getting a reprieve from the US state's governor, who plans to sign an executive order placing a moratorium on executions. California has the nation's largest number of death row inmates. More than six in 10 condemned California inmates are minorities, which his office cited as proof of racial disparities in who is sentenced to die. Seventy-nine condemned California inmates have died of natural causes since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1978.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 13, 2019 06:22 UTC