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Newsom announces he will commute sentences of inmates on California's death row

KQED | By Scott Shafer
Published November 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM MST

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he's commuting the sentences of all inmates on the state's Death Row. The governor says at 548 people, it's the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.

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