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Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California

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 ensures they can never be executed under future administrations. The Democrat ’s mass commutation at the end of his term has converted all of the state’s dea…

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Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates NYTimes – US
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, in one of his last acts, commuted the sentences of all prisoners with death sentences, calling capital punishment morally objectionable. That’s about a quarter of death sentences nationwide.

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Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row InmatesNYTimes – US
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Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates

Gov. Gavin Newsom, in one of his last acts, commuted the sentences of all prisoners with death sentences, calling capital punishment morally objectionable. That’s about a quarter of death sentences nationwide.

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Newsom says he will commute all 548 of California's death sentences to life without parole

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.

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Gavin Newsom commutes sentences of all death row inmates in California

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 of the state.

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'Inhumane punishment': Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all 548 California death sentences

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.

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Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California

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All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prisonSky News – Front Page
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All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

California Governor Gavin Newsom said he'll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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