Gavin Newsom: “I did the moratorium on the death penalty because I couldn't…”

“The largest condemned block and as I said in the western hemisphere, that's pretty intense. You know, I did the moratorium on the death penalty because I couldn't kill someone else. I can't do that. It's state Sanctioned murder in that respect. You walk into the old chamber, there's literally a phone that says Governor on top of it.” (02:22–02:29)

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