# California governor to commute sentences of all 548 people on death row

https://mins.news/en/item/131340

- Reuters, 2026-11-05 20:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/california-governor-grant-clemency-all-548-death-row-inmates-state-2026-11-05/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aece1705a9cd5000104e1a0

> California Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday he would commute the death sentences of all 548 people currently condemned to execution in the state, which has the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.

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