California Governor Gavin Newsom to commute all 548 death sentences in the state: Here's a list of other states that have done the same

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The state has one of the highest populations of death row inmates, making this one of the largest mass commutation in the country.
45% : Several other states have granted their death row inmates clemency in recent years.
42% : He also argued against the death penalty and urged the legislature to abolish it.
42% : The state last executed a death penalty in 1997.
40% : The state last executed a death row prisoner in 2006 under then Governor Arnol Schwarzenegger.
40% : In 2020, Colorado became the 22nd state to repeal the death sentence as a form of punishment.
39% : California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that he will commute the sentences of all 548 death row inmates.
39% : Other states have also granted clemency to death row inmates in recent years for various reasons.
39% : North Carolina then had 136 death row inmates.
38% : The move reduced the state's death row population by nearly 11%.
37% : Also read: Christa Pike's lawyer reveals minute-by-minute account of her execution attempt in new court filings, says 'staff warned her veins might be blowing' Which other states have granted clemency to death row inmates?
36% : California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that he will commute the sentences and grant clemency to all 548 death row inmates in the state.
36% : Since the death penalty was reinstated in the state in 1978, only 13 death row inmates have been executed.
30% : According to The Atlantic, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has continued a moratorium on death sentences and grants clemency to every death warrant that comes to him since 2023.
27% : Biden had said in a statement that he was "more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.
25% : " In May 2026, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine commuted the death sentence of Gregory Lott to life imprisonment without parole.
23% : This decision changes their sentences to life in prison and reflects Newsom's stance against capital punishment.
21% : Former Oregon Governor Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 inmates on death row, changing it to life imprisonment in 2022.
18% : According to Reuters, Newsom in a three-page letter addressed to Californians stated that he believed capital punishment to be "morally wrong".

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