# Newsom commutes sentences of all California death row prisoners to life without parole

https://mins.news/en/item/131345

- CNN, 2026-11-05 20:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/us/california-death-row-commutation?Date=20261105&Profile=CNN

> California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted the sentences of every prisoner on the state’s death row to life in prison without parole.

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