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Several Prosecutors Back Challenge to Newsom Commutation of Death Sentences

A nonprofit public-interest advocacy group announced a legal challenge Thursday to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s commutation of sentences for 548 inmates on California’s death row, and Southland prosecutors quickly backed the move. “We stand firmly with the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in challenging this arbitrary commutation that sidelines victims’ families and disregards the will of California […]

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