Death Penalty

With his denial of clemency for Stephen Wayne Anderson, Gov. Gray Davis exsanguinates an already anemic political and moral record (Jan. 27). Oblivious to the pleas of the victim’s family to spare Anderson’s life, Davis also ignores more than 60% of polled Californians who opt for life without the possibility of parole over death. He becomes an accessory and accomplice to premeditated and state-sanctioned murder. He implicates us all.

Kay Bandell

Los Angeles