What he will have to decide is whether Williams really has redeemed himself, and whether the work he has done from death row justifies a discretionary power that has not been used in California for almost 40 years.

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One of the things that made it easier was the extraordinary work that he has done for me during what has been an extraordinary year.

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Everyone knows what a great man he is, how inspirational he is, about all the great work he has done over the years.

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