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**Decision**/Other/05 Nov 2026

**Adopted**

# **Commutation of all California death sentences**

California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole, ending capital punishment in practice in America's most populous state.

## **Actors and targets**

[California Gov. Gavin Newsomimplementer](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1c2c7-585b-7735-b5ca-b0a325b3fd13)

Targets all death sentences in Californiapolicy

[**California Gov. Gavin Newsom dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1c2c7-585b-7735-b5ca-b0a325b3fd13)

## **Source**

> California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted all death sentences in the state to life without parole on Thursday, affecting 548 people currently on death row.

*insiderr\_politic · Telegram [ Open post](https://t.me/insiderr_politic/5075)*

## **Not established**

Fields the extractor could not fill from the post. They are gaps in the record, not negatives.

- Exact date of the commutation
- Year of the commutation

## **Extracted detail**

Fields read from the post for this record type. The first group is ordered by what a reader usually needs; the rest stays collapsed.

<dl>

<dt>Action</dt>
<dd>commuted all death sentences to life without parole</dd>

<dt>Country</dt>
<dd>United States</dd>

<dt>Stated rationale</dt>
<dd>state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with the values of the state</dd></dl>

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