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San Diego’s local, state and federal officials both praised and lambasted Gov. Gavin Newsom for his decision Wednesday to place a moratorium on the state’s death penalty.

The region’s largely Democratic legislative contingent supported the plan while some local legal officials criticized Newsom for making the state more lenient in its prosecution of murderers. San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan suggested that families of violent crime victims would feel betrayed by the announcement.

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