Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California

5 novembre 2026 à 15:44

Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors, after Christa Pike’s failed execution

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, commuted the death sentences of more than 500 people on the state’s death row on Thursday, a move that ensures they can never be executed under future administrations.

The Democrat’s mass commutation at the end of his term has converted all of the state’s death sentences to life without the possibility of parole, the largest clearing of any US death row in modern history.

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Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates

Par : Laurel Rosenhall

5 novembre 2026 à 19:44

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is considering a run for president, called capital punishment morally objectionable. Though California hasn’t executed anyone for 20 years, that represents about a quarter of death sentences nationwide.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California reduced every death sentence in the state to life in prison without parole, a sweeping move expected to face legal challenges.

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Alabama, Florida and Indiana carry out executions on same day

Par : Guardian staff and agency

5 novembre 2026 à 19:27

Unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day previously happened in 2010

Alabama, Florida and Indiana all carried out executions on Thursday in an unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day.

In a record-tying 19th execution of the year, Florida executed Jesse Guardado via a three-drug lethal injection. Guardado had pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a 75-year-old woman inside her Walton county home in 2004 before stealing her jewelry box, $80 and other valuables to buy drugs. The woman had helped him get a job and housing.

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