Kamala's Way: on Crime

Gavin Newsom: Moratorium on death penalty; disassembled death chamber

Newsom's executive order did not abolish the death penalty. Nor did it empty death row. A constitutional amendment making it the law and approved by voters in 1972 remains in place, though it is like a zombie. As of this writing, California has 691 condemned men, and 20 condemned women. Their sentences are in limbo. None will die at the hands of the state so long as Newsom is Governor.

Kamala Harris: Became a prosecutor after sheltering friend from abuse

In that conversation, Kagan said, Harris told her that she was inspired to become a prosecutor largely because of "what she went through with me." She told Harris that living with the Harris family was one of the few good memories she had from those years.