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What’s the future of the death penalty in California after Newsom’s clemency?

What’s the future of the death penalty in California after Newsom’s clemency?
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2023. (Jeff Chiu / AP) By the time Gov. Gavin Newsom spared the lives of over 500 prisoners who were sentenced to death last week in the nation’s largest act of mass clemency, capital punishment had long become an aft...

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