Introducing: Dear Governor

Published: May 20, 2020, 4 p.m.

b'In issuing his moratorium on capital punishment in California, Governor Gavin Newsom went on record saying he believes there are innocent people on Death Row. \\u201cDear Governor\\u201d invites the listener to get to know Jarvis Jay Masters, a condemned prisoner who has maintained his innocence for over 30 years. After sharing intimate details of his life story and his ongoing legal case, we ask the listener to answer for themselves, \\u201cIs the death penalty a necessary evil to keep our streets safe, to exact righteous punishment and to deliver a semblance of justice to victims \\u2013 or is it too fraught with ambiguity, contradictions and biases to ensure that we are all protected equally under the law?\\u201d'