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He spent 19 years on Death Row. Then the handcuffs came off

By Joe Garcia · CalMatters · June 2026
He spent 19 years on Death Row. Then the handcuffs came off
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"Gov. Gavin Newsom gave condemned prisoners a chance to live differently when he suspended the death penalty. They are not free by any means, but they now have opportunities to grow. “We were literally dying there in East Block by ourselves. That life right there is not life. We had no program, no anything. It was bad,” one prisoner said."

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