Sanctions
Newsom Wipes Out 548 'Racist, Inhumane' Death Sentences With One Letter
Newsom Wipes Out 548 'Racist, Inhumane' Death Sentences With One Letter California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will commute every death sentence in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole, wiping out the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere with 548 people on it, 529 men and 19 women, according to ABC7.In a letter he shared with the announcement, Newsom said he was using his "constitutional clemency authority" and that "state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminish