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Gavin Newsom to grant clemency to all 548 death row inmates in California as he declares capital punishment 'morally wrong'

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“Gavin Newsom to grant clemency to all 548 death row inmates in California as he declares capital punishment 'morally wrong”

The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has said he will commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates currently condemned to execution in the state. The Democrat, tipped as a potential Presidential candidate for 2028, said he believes "capital punishment to be morally wrong" as he nears the end of his second and final four-year term as governor. Mr Newsom, who previously served as mayor of San Francisco and lieutenant governor, declared a moratorium on executions in March 2019, about two…

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