Newsom Commutes All California Death Sentences

Newsom Commutes All California Death Sentences

California Governor Gavin Newsom commuted the death sentences of all five hundred forty-eight inmates on the state’s death row, reducing each sentence to life without the possibility of parole. The action is the largest mass death-sentence commutation in American history, does not repeal California’s death penalty, and sends some cases to the California Supreme Court for review.

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