California Governor Newsom Commutes All 548 Death Sentences to Life Without Parole
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California Governor Gavin Newsom commuted all 548 death sentences in the state to life imprisonment without parole on Thursday, citing that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with the state's values. The commutation does not repeal California's death penalty or prevent prosecutors from seeking it in future cases, but ensures current death row inmates cannot be executed under future administrations.
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Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors, after Christa Pike’s failed execution Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has commuted the death sentences of more than 500 people on the state’s death row on Thursday, a move that…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom commutes all death sentences (opens NBC News in a new tab)
Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted all California death sentences on Thursday, declaring that “state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with” values in America’s most populous state.
Newsom moves to commute all California death sentences (opens CBS News in a new tab)
The move does not repeal California's death penalty or prevent prosecutors from seeking it in future cases.
'Inhumane punishment': California governor Gavin Newsom to commute 548 death sentences (opens France 24 in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he would commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life in prison without parole, marking a major step away from capital punishment as he prepares to leave office after eight years.
Gavin Newsom wipes out California's death row in historic mass commutation (opens Fox News in a new tab)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will commute all 548 death sentences to life without parole, drawing sharp backlash from victims' rights advocates.
Gavin Newsom commutes sentences of all death row inmates in California (opens DW in a new tab)
Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and a rumored presidential candidate, moved to commute the death sentences of 548 inmates in California for one of his last acts as governor.
Newsom says he will commute all 548 of California's death sentences to life without parole (opens PBS NewsHour in a new tab)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he'll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
California governor commutes death sentences for all 548 people on death row (opens BBC News in a new tab)
California has historically had the largest population of death row inmates in the US.
California Gov. Newsom commutes all death sentences in the state (opens NBC News in a new tab)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted all death sentences in the state, saying he opposes "state-sanctioned killing." NBC News' Danny Cevallos has details on the governor's decision.
California governor says commuting all death sentences in state (opens CNA in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of 548 prisoners to life imprisonment, saying capital punishment is "incompatible" with the state's values.
