WEBVTT - Introducing:  Dear Governor

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<v Speaker 1>Dear Governor Newsom. Dear mister Governor Newsom, this is an

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<v Speaker 1>open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom. It would be a

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<v Speaker 1>bold move to exonerate Jarvis Masters, and it would not

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<v Speaker 1>give him back the decades that he has lived at

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<v Speaker 1>San Quentin after a grave miscarriage of justice. In this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear Governor, myself, along with the community of supporters, want

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<v Speaker 1>to introduce you and the Governor of California to the

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<v Speaker 1>man who is Jarvis Masters. My name is Jarvis Pastors.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been an inmate at San Quentin as a

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<v Speaker 1>tout for over thirty years. Forty years, oh shit, for

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<v Speaker 1>a long time. Sometimes you just want to let that

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<v Speaker 1>self go right. You want to keep it low. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to like you know, you don't want you

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<v Speaker 1>know what it is if you just say something different

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<v Speaker 1>all of us. I have been an inmate at San

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<v Speaker 1>Quentin Prison for almost forty years. I am certainly guilty

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<v Speaker 1>of the crimes that brought me here, and I'm all

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<v Speaker 1>in the mistakes. I'm mad, and I'm paid my dues

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm not guilty of the crime that put me

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<v Speaker 1>here on death row for the last thirty years. When

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<v Speaker 1>he put a moratorium on the death penalty. Governor Newsom

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<v Speaker 1>made a call to our better angels because he said,

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<v Speaker 1>when you know better, you do better. There are innocent

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<v Speaker 1>people on death row. I cannot sign off on executing

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds and hundreds of human beings before the penalty phase.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember the moment when you heard the jury

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<v Speaker 1>come back and say guilty, Yeah, I did. I was

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<v Speaker 1>really messed up. After that it became real. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the story of one man, but it's not merely one

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<v Speaker 1>man's story. I hope you take time to listen to

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<v Speaker 1>my story, and I hope you have the heart to

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<v Speaker 1>recognize the unjust reality of capital punishment. Something the guilty

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<v Speaker 1>mayors have to be put to death justify the execution

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<v Speaker 1>of one innocent There. I'm Corny Cole and I'm host

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<v Speaker 1>of Dear Governor, a new podcast from iHeartRadio about renowned

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<v Speaker 1>Buddhist author Jarvis Masters, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence

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<v Speaker 1>since he was sentenced to death almost thirty years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>From the confines of his nine by four cell, Jarvis

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<v Speaker 1>will share his riveting life story how he has managed

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain a sense of optimism in the most dire circumstances,

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<v Speaker 1>and he'll provide the details of the bloody murder that

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<v Speaker 1>landed him on death row. They said that I sharpened

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<v Speaker 1>the weapon and set it down to the guy who

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<v Speaker 1>then made it into a toll and spirit to guard

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<v Speaker 1>with newly disclosed evidence that bolsters Jarvis's claims of innocence,

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<v Speaker 1>will the California Supreme Court exonerate him or reaffirm his

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<v Speaker 1>death sentence. I'm waiting for the habeas courts further to

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<v Speaker 1>come in, and I've been waiting twenty six years for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't get anybody. I'll get through by far. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>hear the testimony. You be the judge, dear governor. The

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<v Speaker 1>podcast listen and subscribe on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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