California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he will commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates currently condemned to execution in his state, the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.

The state has not carried out a death sentence for two decades, though courts do impose the penalty on those convicted of serious crimes.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of 548 prisoners to life imprisonment, saying capital punishment is "incompatible" with the state's values.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of 548 prisoners to life imprisonment, saying capital punishment is "incompatible" with the state's values.

California governor Newsom commutes all death sentences in California, affecting more than 500 prisoners. Read more at straitstimes.com.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the sentences of 548 prisoners on the state’s death row to life without parole.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the sentences of 548 prisoners on the state’s death row to life without parole.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday commuted all 548 death sentences in the state, changing them to life sentences without parole.

Gavin Newsom announced plans to commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates in California. The proposed clemency would be the largest such action in the United States.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced he will change all 548 death sentences in the state to life in prison without parole. The state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of these cases.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will commute all 548 death sentences to life without parole, drawing sharp backlash from victims' rights advocates.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on November 5 that he will commute all 548 of the state’s death sentences to life without parole, calling state-sanctioned killing incompatible with Cal…

SACRAMENTO - California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he plans to commute all 548 of the state's death sentences to life without parole, a sweeping decision that could empty the nation's largest death row. Why it matters: If Newsom follows through, it will be the largest mass commutation of death sentences in U.S. history, reducing the national death-row population by more than a quarter. • The move comes during Newsom's final months as governor and ahead of a potential 2028 bid for president. What he's saying: "I know we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, first among them justice and human decency," Newsom wrote in a letter to Californians. • "Many Californians feel that those who commit brutal crimes deserve to die. But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them." • "We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honor their victims." • "This decision is among the most difficult of my career," he…