Gavin Newsom signs an executive order to halt death penalties in the state. The state’s residents though, in 2016, narrowly struck down a ballot measure to repeal the death penalty. California hasn’t executed anyone since 2006 due to legal challenges to its methods, and the state has put to death only 13 people since 1978. The new executive order is said to last throughout Newsom’s duration in office, giving a reprieve to 737 individuals on death row. The search for Klaas before she was found dead, like the Peterson case, was a major story in the media.

Source: Fox News March 13, 2019 16:37 UTC