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L.A. Public Defender García Joins Statewide Advocacy Leaders in Renewing Call for Universal Clemency
L.A. Public Defender Ricardo D. García joined civil rights advocates, faith leaders, and community organizations at the California State Capitol to demand universal clemency for death row inmates. The event highlighted criticisms of California's death penalty system as costly, arbitrary, and irreversible.
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