California Gov. Newsom commutes sentences of all 548 death row inmates; LA DA Hochman objects
Newsom called it one of the largest single-day acts of clemency in US history; the inmates are not being freed, and Los Angeles County's top prosecutor said the governor cannot abolish the death penalty outright.
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- BBCCalifornia governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
- Death Penalty Information CenterGovernor Gavin Newsom Grants Largest Mass Commutation in U.S. History to Death-Sentenced Prisoners in California
- PBSNewsom says he will commute all 548 of California's death sentences to life without parole
- Los Angeles TimesNewsom moves to commute all California death sentences to life in prison without parole
- The Washington PostNewsom moves to commute 548 death sentences, emptying California’s death row
- KTVUGov. Newsom commutes sentences of California's 548 death row inmates
- San Francisco ChronicleNewsom commutes all 548 California death sentences in historic move
- France 24'Inhumane punishment': Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all 548 California death sentences
- NBC Los AngelesGov. Newsom to change all death sentences to life in prison without parole
- Sacramento BeeGov. Gavin Newsom moves to spare all 548 California death row prisoners
- BorderReportCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute all death sentences in state
- SCMPCalifornia Governor Newsom granting clemency to all 548 death row inmates
- MyNewsLA.comNewsom Commutes Sentences of All CA Death Row Inmates
- upiGov. Newsom moves to commute all 548 death sentences in Calif.