Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on California's death row.

The governor has until early January to act if he wants to commute the sentences of people on death row.

Newsom has discussed with his advisors reducing death row inmates' sentences to life in prison without parole, according to the New York Times.

An analysis of California's capital punishment system has documented racial and geographic disparities in sentencing ...

California is one of 27 states that still allows death sentences, though the state last executed a prisoner in 2006; the state has the largest population of people sentenced to death in the country.

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Advocates display a banner on the West Steps of the Capitol calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute all death sentences. The 560 candles signify 560 current death sentences. (Carol Moon Goldberg) For ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering whether to spare 563 inmates from the death penalty as one of his final acts before leaving office in January. Conversations over the potential mass ...

Such an act would be the single most significant anti-death penalty act in all of American history. Never before has a political leader had the chance to save as many lives of people awaiting ...

Studies on racial disparities and homicide survivor perspectives inform Governor Gavin Newsom's deliberations regarding ...