Calif. Gov. Newsom Taking on Historic Homophobia in Justice System, California Governor Newsom Launches Process for Pardoning People Prosecuted for Being Gay
February 06, 2020
February 06, 2020
SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release:
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his office would be launching a new clemency initiative to pardon people who were prosecuted in California for being gay.
The move was inspired by a legislative call to pardon Bayard Rustin, a humanitarian and civil rights leader who was convicted of a misdemeanor vagrancy offense for consensual adult sexual activity. In launching th . . .
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his office would be launching a new clemency initiative to pardon people who were prosecuted in California for being gay.
The move was inspired by a legislative call to pardon Bayard Rustin, a humanitarian and civil rights leader who was convicted of a misdemeanor vagrancy offense for consensual adult sexual activity. In launching th . . .