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    Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of State of California in 1970; Brown later served as Mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney ...

  2. Dec 17, 2018 · Six former governors have urged California Governor Jerry Brown (pictured) to “be courageous in leadership” and grant clemency to the 740 men and women on California’s death row before he leaves office on January 7, 2019.

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  4. Jan 4, 2019 · Reporting from Sacramento — When Gov. Jerry Brown’s final term in office ends next week, he will leave behind a California criminal justice system infused with a new commitment to second ...

  5. Jan 7, 2019 · 1976: The first time 60 Minutes met Gov. Jerry Brown 04:27. California Gov. Jerry Brown is passing his title to fellow Democrat Gavin Newsom.Newsom will be sworn in on Monday as California's 40th ...

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  6. Dec 28, 2018 · Updated 10:04 AM PDT, December 28, 2018. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office Jan. 7 after a political career that spanned nearly 50 years. Here’s a look at key moments in the life of the state’s longest-serving governor : — 1938: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr., known as Jerry, is born in San Francisco to Bernice ...

  7. Dec 13, 2018 · In January, two-term California Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office. But before he does, half a dozen former governors are calling on him to grant clemency to California’s 740 women and men on death row.

  8. Jan 5, 2019 · Now 80, he leaves office Monday after again reshaping the system during the past eight years. Get-tough sentencing laws during and after his first stint helped lead to the mass incarceration that crowded state prisons to the bursting point, spurring a federal takeover of many prison operations and a cap on the inmate population.