# Newsom plan could spare California’s 548 death row prisoners from execution

https://mins.news/en/item/137973

- CNN, 2026-11-10 21:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/10/us/california-death-row-inmates-commutation?Date=20261110&Profile=CNN

> California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan would commute every death sentence in the state to life without parole, potentially sparing 548 prisoners. The list includes some of California’s most notorious and prolific convicted killers.

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