Speaker 1: Dear Governor Newsom. Dear mister Governor Newsom, this is an
Speaker 1: open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom. It would be a
Speaker 1: bold move to exonerate Jarvis Masters, and it would not
Speaker 1: give him back the decades that he has lived at
Speaker 1: San Quentin after a grave miscarriage of justice. In this podcast,
Speaker 1: Dear Governor, myself, along with the community of supporters, want
Speaker 1: to introduce you and the Governor of California to the
Speaker 1: man who is Jarvis Masters. My name is Jarvis Pastors.
Speaker 1: I have been an inmate at San Quentin as a
Speaker 1: tout for over thirty years. Forty years, oh shit, for
Speaker 1: a long time. Sometimes you just want to let that
Speaker 1: self go right. You want to keep it low. You know,
Speaker 1: you want to like you know, you don't want you
Speaker 1: know what it is if you just say something different
Speaker 1: all of us. I have been an inmate at San
Speaker 1: Quentin Prison for almost forty years. I am certainly guilty
Speaker 1: of the crimes that brought me here, and I'm all
Speaker 1: in the mistakes. I'm mad, and I'm paid my dues
Speaker 1: when I'm not guilty of the crime that put me
Speaker 1: here on death row for the last thirty years. When
Speaker 1: he put a moratorium on the death penalty. Governor Newsom
Speaker 1: made a call to our better angels because he said,
Speaker 1: when you know better, you do better. There are innocent
Speaker 1: people on death row. I cannot sign off on executing
Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of human beings before the penalty phase.
Speaker 1: Do you remember the moment when you heard the jury
Speaker 1: come back and say guilty, Yeah, I did. I was
Speaker 1: really messed up. After that it became real. This is
Speaker 1: the story of one man, but it's not merely one
Speaker 1: man's story. I hope you take time to listen to
Speaker 1: my story, and I hope you have the heart to
Speaker 1: recognize the unjust reality of capital punishment. Something the guilty
Speaker 1: mayors have to be put to death justify the execution
Speaker 1: of one innocent There. I'm Corny Cole and I'm host
Speaker 1: of Dear Governor, a new podcast from iHeartRadio about renowned
Speaker 1: Buddhist author Jarvis Masters, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence
Speaker 1: since he was sentenced to death almost thirty years ago.
Speaker 1: From the confines of his nine by four cell, Jarvis
Speaker 1: will share his riveting life story how he has managed
Speaker 1: to maintain a sense of optimism in the most dire circumstances,
Speaker 1: and he'll provide the details of the bloody murder that
Speaker 1: landed him on death row. They said that I sharpened
Speaker 1: the weapon and set it down to the guy who
Speaker 1: then made it into a toll and spirit to guard
Speaker 1: with newly disclosed evidence that bolsters Jarvis's claims of innocence,
Speaker 1: will the California Supreme Court exonerate him or reaffirm his
Speaker 1: death sentence. I'm waiting for the habeas courts further to
Speaker 1: come in, and I've been waiting twenty six years for it.
Speaker 1: I won't get anybody. I'll get through by far. You'll
Speaker 1: hear the testimony. You be the judge, dear governor. The
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