California Moves to Allow Transfer of Inmates on Nation’s Largest Death Row to Other Prisons

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials are moving to enable all inmates on the nation’s largest death row to transfer to other prisons, utilizing a little-observed provision in a voter-approved proposition.

Newsom, a Democrat, placed a moratorium on executions in 2019, claiming the death penalty was “a failure.”