Governor Gavin Newsom said last week he would like to halt the prosecution of any future death sentences in California. As Capital Public Radio’s Chris Nichols reports, that potential move plus his freeze on executions has angered victim’s families.
Larry Lasater was a police officer in Pittsburg, California when he was shot and killed in 2005 in the line of duty. His killer is on death row.
When Lasater’s mother, Phyllis, heard the governor was halting the state’s death penalty, she felt …