Release: Murder Victims’ Families, Law Enforcement, and Civil Rights Leaders Support Newsom’s Decision to Commute Death Sentences
By commuting the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, Gov. Newsom will deal a…
LA Times Letters to the Editor: The death penalty won’t bring my brother back
October 23, 2026 To the editor: I am writing now as I have written so…
LA Times: The U.S is in the death business. Newsom can change that, and win votes
October 14, 2026 – By Anita Chabria With not-terrible odds heading into the 2028 Democratic…
The Hill | Opinion: Gavin Newsom can commute all California death sentences and still become president
October 12, 2026 – By Austin Sarat California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a chance to…
SF Chronicle | Opinion: Why Gov. Newsom should commute every death sentence in California before he leaves office
August 16, 2026 – By Nadia Daar During the 49 years since Amnesty International started…
SacBee: Gov. Newsom should commute all California death row sentences | Opinion
July 25, 2026 – By Michael Pappas For generations, California has understood itself as a…
NYT: Editorial: The Death Penalty Is Even More Horrifying Than You Think
March 13, 2026 – By the Editorial Board. The use of the death penalty has…
SacBee: California’s death penalty is bad business. Newsom can help dismantle it | Opinion
July 25, 2025 – By Matthew Stepka. California should get rid of death row altogether…
Capitol Weekly: Lush Cosmetics urges Gov. Newsom to clear California’s death row
January 22, 2026 – By CARRIE HARAMBASIC. Capitol Weekly welcomes Opinions on California public policy…
National Catholic Reporter: A lenten plea to Newsom: Commute California’s death sentences
March 13, 2026 – By Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy. For centuries, Catholics have prayed the Stations…
Angelus News: Greg Erlandson: Let’s finally end the death penalty in California
Feb 26, 2026 – By Greg Erlandson.Back when California’s Folsom Prison was still executing prisoners, Johnny…
SacBee: California bishop: Commute all death sentences to life without parole | Opinion
April 4, 2026 – By Bishop Oscar Cantú. During Holy Week, as Christians recall how a…