>> shannon: the former leader of a cultlike clan who killed nine of his children in 2004, the toolbox killer part of a duo convicted of rating and killing five teenage girls in the 70s, scott peterson who killed his 27-year-old wife was eight-month regnant, they are just some of the death row california criminals getting a break until at least 2023 now that the state's new governor is halting the states death penalty. trace gallagher has more on a major policy change raising an eyebrow tonight. >> california has 25% of the nation's death row inmates and today alt 737 of those people got a reprieve when democratic governor gavin newsom put a moratorium on the death penalty saying it discriminates against the mentally ill and people of color. he shut down the execution chamber at san quentin prison, watch. >> i believe the death penalty is wrong and i'm exercising my right pursuant to the will of the voters in the constitution