U.S. · POLITICS · NOV 5, 5:31 PM ET
California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
Reported by 39 outlets in the past day, including BBC, South China Morning Post, CBS News.
1What happened
California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US. BBC ↗
2What’s next
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will commute all 548 death sentences to life without parole, drawing sharp backlash from victims' rights advocates. Fox News ↗
3Also reported
The announcement, in a three-page letter addressed to “all Californians”, came as Newsom, a Democrat who is expected to seek his party’s presidential nomination in 2028, neared the end of his second and final four-year term as governor. South China Morning Post ↗
Sources
- California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates ↗BBC
- California Governor Newsom granting clemency to all 548 death row inmates in state ↗South China Morning Post
- Newsom moves to commute all California death sentences ↗CBS News
- Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates ↗The New York Times
- California governor commutes over 500 death sentences to life ↗Daily Sabah
- Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California ↗The Guardian
- California Gov. Newsom commutes all death sentences in the state ↗NBC News
- Gavin Newsom wipes out California's death row in historic mass commutation ↗Fox News