# California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’ll commute all death sentences to life without parole

https://mins.news/en/item/131423

- CBC News, 2026-11-05 21:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-newsom-death-row-commutation-9.7410993?cmp=rss

> California Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting the death sentences of more than 500 inmates to life in prison without parole. He says state-sanctioned killing conflicts with California’s values, undermines the legal system and “diminishes each of us.”

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