1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Dear Governor Newsom. Dear mister Governor Newsom, this is an 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom. It would be a 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: bold move to exonerate Jarvis Masters, and it would not 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: give him back the decades that he has lived at 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: San Quentin after a grave miscarriage of justice. In this podcast, 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: Dear Governor, myself, along with the community of supporters, want 7 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: to introduce you and the Governor of California to the 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: man who is Jarvis Masters. My name is Jarvis Pastors. 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: I have been an inmate at San Quentin as a 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: tout for over thirty years. Forty years, oh shit, for 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: a long time. Sometimes you just want to let that 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: self go right. You want to keep it low. You know, 13 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: you want to like you know, you don't want you 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: know what it is if you just say something different 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: all of us. I have been an inmate at San 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: Quentin Prison for almost forty years. I am certainly guilty 17 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: of the crimes that brought me here, and I'm all 18 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: in the mistakes. I'm mad, and I'm paid my dues 19 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: when I'm not guilty of the crime that put me 20 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: here on death row for the last thirty years. When 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: he put a moratorium on the death penalty. Governor Newsom 22 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: made a call to our better angels because he said, 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: when you know better, you do better. There are innocent 24 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: people on death row. I cannot sign off on executing 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of human beings before the penalty phase. 26 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: Do you remember the moment when you heard the jury 27 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: come back and say guilty, Yeah, I did. I was 28 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: really messed up. After that it became real. This is 29 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: the story of one man, but it's not merely one 30 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: man's story. I hope you take time to listen to 31 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: my story, and I hope you have the heart to 32 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: recognize the unjust reality of capital punishment. Something the guilty 33 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: mayors have to be put to death justify the execution 34 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: of one innocent There. I'm Corny Cole and I'm host 35 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: of Dear Governor, a new podcast from iHeartRadio about renowned 36 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: Buddhist author Jarvis Masters, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence 37 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: since he was sentenced to death almost thirty years ago. 38 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: From the confines of his nine by four cell, Jarvis 39 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: will share his riveting life story how he has managed 40 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: to maintain a sense of optimism in the most dire circumstances, 41 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: and he'll provide the details of the bloody murder that 42 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: landed him on death row. They said that I sharpened 43 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: the weapon and set it down to the guy who 44 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: then made it into a toll and spirit to guard 45 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: with newly disclosed evidence that bolsters Jarvis's claims of innocence, 46 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: will the California Supreme Court exonerate him or reaffirm his 47 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: death sentence. I'm waiting for the habeas courts further to 48 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: come in, and I've been waiting twenty six years for it. 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: I won't get anybody. I'll get through by far. You'll 50 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: hear the testimony. You be the judge, dear governor. The 51 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: podcast listen and subscribe on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 52 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.