As word of Newsom’s moratorium on the death penalty spread, victims’ families reacted with varied emotions.
Beth Webb, who lost her sister and several friends at a mass shooting in a hair salon, was among those who met with Gov. Gavin Newson after the announcement.
“What I say is, ‘Don’t murder someone in my name,’ it does nothing to benefit my daughter, it won’t bring anybody back,” said Gayle. After years of living in rage and pain, she befriended the death row inmate who killed 19-year-old Catherine Blount in September 1980 at a home north of Auburn. Aba Gayle devoted her life to ending the death penalty after she penned a letter to her daugther’s killer.
For many families of victims, the issues around executions are often less lofty than politics or philosophical stands. Rael said her grandchildren have struggled to overcome their mother’s killing and it makes her angry. On the night it happened, a fire alarm awakened four of her six kids. When they came into the hallway, they saw their mom’s body on fire and attempted to put it out with cups of water rushed from the kitchen.
Rael said she believes in biblical justice, “an eye for an eye.” But a different take on faith is also at the core for many of those against executions.
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