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Gavin Newsom clears death row, commutes sentences for hundreds of prisoners
By Marcus Chen
What Gavin Newsom’s commutations mean for the death penalty in the U.S.
Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California Gov. Gavin Newsom today moved to commute the death sentences of all 548 people facing execution in the state, allowing them to instead serve life sentences without the possibility of parole. The California Supreme Court must approve some of these commutations. If [ ] The post What Gavin Newsom’s commutations mean for the death penalty in the U.S. appeared first on Pleasanton Weekly.
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