Why it matters
The decision changes the sentences of hundreds of people in California’s prison system and removes the possibility of their execution under these sentences. It does not release them from prison.
POLITICS & POLICY • UNITED STATES
Newsom commutes California death-row sentences to life without parole
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted the sentences of the state’s death-row prisoners to life in prison without parole. The change affects their sentences, not their imprisonment; a report says the state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of cases.
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