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Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness.

Jerry Brown

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Jerry Brown
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
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Governor Of California
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Edmund Gerald Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.
Edmund Gerald Jerry Brown Jr.
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