Meanwhile, Richard Ramirez has been lingering on CA death row for 15+ years -- and was even allowed to marry.
I'm glad I live in TX. In the words of Ron White: "Most places are trying to figure out how to get rid of the death penalty. But here in Texas we're putting in an Express Lane."
He very well may do just that, we just don't know.
But the history of the death penalty in California is one that takes years, not one that commutes the death sentences of murderers.