Great news, but why is one of the most blood red states in the country enacting a far left policy?
Ending the death penalty isn't a far left policy. Sure, it may be divisive, but not necessarily along the left/right dichotomy.
Let's get real here. It's a political issue that divides along a left/right spectrum. How many liberals support abolishing it vs. conservatives? A lot more. It's far left. Even California won't enact it.
I agree it's a left vs. Right in the US, but it'd not exactly far left as the real far left loves executions even more than the far right does. I'm pleasantly surprised by enactment of a good centre left policy.