Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California

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Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors, after Christa Pike’s failed execution<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gavin-newsom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Gavin Newsom</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">California</a>’s governor, has commuted the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/capital-punishment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">death sentences</a> 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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Democrat</a>’s mass commutation at the end of his term has converted all of the state’s death sentences to life without the possibility of parole, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/newsom-death-row-prisoners-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFE.nepQ.drX30miPbvod&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">largest</a> clearing of any US death row in modern history. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/gavin-newsom-commutes-death-sentences-california" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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