Gavin Newsom commutes sentences of all death row inmates in California
Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and a rumored presidential candidate, moved to commute the death sentences of 548 inmates in California for one of his last acts as governor of the state.
California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.
Gavin Newsom cites state values and flaws in the legal system as he grants largest mass clemency in US history.
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