California governor to spare lives of all 548 death row prisoners in state
The Sydney Morning Herald · Sophie Austin, Jaimie Ding, Christopher Weber ·
Gavin Newsom’s move – which would reduce the total US death row population by nearly 30 per cent – has sparked angry reactions from families of murder victims and the state’s district attorneys.
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Sacramento: California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will change more than 500 death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole, though the state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of those cases.
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