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Whatever one's views on the death penalty, Gavin Newsom had no right to override the will of voters. It's especially insulting Newsom waited until days after an election in which Californians were asked to consider 14 complicated propositions. Why should voters bother if their votes are going to be ignored? This has happened again and again. Newsom refused to fund drug treatment under Prop. 36 and tried to re-direct Medi-Cal dollars under Prop. 35. As to capital punishment, he issued a moratorium his first year in office and has now issued a mass commutation his last year. He could have submitted the matter to voters at any point in the intervening 8 years but chose not to. Unfortunately, this Governor is ending his tenure in a characteristic fashion: subordinating everything, including democracy itself, to the ultimate goal of getting headlines.