California Governor's Death Row Commutations Spark Outcry
Governor Gavin Newsom's decision to commute 548 death row sentences to life without parole has drawn harsh criticism from law‑and‑order officials and media.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that he has commuted California's death row sentences to life without parole, affecting 548 prisoners, while Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer watches the move.
Spitzer called the mass clemency "immoral," and Fox News reported he said Newsom's "cruel" death row clemency stabs crime victims "in the heart."
The New York Post headlined the action as Gavin Newsom's "pompous death-row commutations betray an entire process of justice."
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Original reporting
Fox News
California DA says Gavin Newsom's 'cruel' death row clemency stabs crime victims 'in the heart'
Orange County DA Todd Spitzer criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom for commuting California's death row sentences to life without parole, calling the mass clemency "immoral."
Read the original →New York Post
I was a deputy state AG — and Gavin Newsom’s pompous death-row commutations betray an entire process of justice
On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he intends to commute the death sentences of all 548 prisoners on California's death row to life imprisonment without parole.
Read the original →New York Post
Gov. Gavin Newsom reveals the moment he decided to spare all of California’s 548 death row inmates
The decision to spare some of California’s most dangerous criminals has left many victims' families horrified.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Todd Spitzer is the district attorney of Orange County, California.
- Gavin Newsom is the governor of California.
- Governor Gavin Newsom commuted California's death row sentences to life without parole.
- The commutations cover 548 prisoners on California's death row, according to the New York Post.
- Governor Gavin Newsom announced the commutations on Thursday, according to the New York Post.
- Todd Spitzer called the mass clemency "immoral," according to Fox News.
- Fox News states that Todd Spitzer said Gavin Newsom's "cruel" death row clemency stabs crime victims "in the heart."
- The New York Post headline states that Gavin Newsom's "pompous death-row commutations betray an entire process of justice."
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