사법 · Death-sentence clemencyCalifornia death row commutations: Newsom seeks life without parole for all 548작성 2026년 11월 5일 오후 9:05 UTC시청방송 전문0:07Gavin Newsom wants to replace all five hundred forty-eight death sentences in0:11California with life without parole.0:14The prisoners would remain imprisoned, but their death sentences would be0:18permanently replaced, going beyond the existing halt on executions.0:23Can Newsom secure the court recommendations needed for hundreds of these cases0:28before his term ends.0:29Newsom announced his decision on November5,2026 .0:34He's seeking the same punishment for everyone currently condemned.0:38The legal process is still underway, and we don't yet know how many individual0:42commutations have taken effect.0:44Newsom's public decision starts a process that still requires court action for most0:50recipients.0:51His request to the justices covers people convicted of more than one felony.0:56A court recommendation would allow him to grant their clemency.1:00The governor's explanatory statement identifies three hundred and eighty-two people1:05in that group.1:06Matching that figure against the announced total changes, the picture of how much1:11Newsom can do on his own.1:12Newsome needs court recommendations for three hundred and eighty-two people, or1:17sixty-nine point seven percent of the total.1:19The remaining one hundred and sixty-six account for thirty point three percent.1:23That's roughly a seventy-thirty split, correcting the earlier sixty-forty1:28description.1:29Both groups are proposed recipients.1:31California's constitution limits a governor's clemency power when someone has been1:36convicted of two felonies.1:38Those convictions can include crimes before the death sentence or additional crimes1:42committed while awaiting execution.1:44Four of the court's seven justices must agree to recommend clemency in these cases.1:50Newsome would then have to grant each commutation.1:53Once effective, it would replace the death sentence with life imprisonment without1:58the possibility of parole.2:00The recipients would remain convicted and imprisoned for life, with no parole2:04opportunity through this action.2:06Newsom calls that the most severe punishment he can impose through clemency.2:11He argues that the state should refuse to execute people even for brutal crimes.2:16Newsom says, state-sanctioned killing conflicts with California's values.2:21He calls the death penalty system a failure, challenges its fairness, and points to2:27the consequences of mistakes.2:29His decision applies across the current condemned population, without selecting2:34particular prisoners for special leniency.2:36California prosecutors could still seek new death sentences under the law that2:41remains in force.2:43Newsome acknowledges that voters have repeatedly chosen to retain capital2:47punishment.2:48He argues that the same constitution gives governors the power to grant clemency.2:53Voters rejected repeal in2012 , and again in2016.2:58In that second election, they narrowly approved a measure intended to speed death3:03penalty proceedings.3:05Newsom's proposal would change existing sentences, while leaving prosecutors,3:10juries, and courts their roles in future cases.3:13California has carried out thirteen executions since nineteen seventy-eight.3:18The last was Clarence Ray Allen's lethal injection on January17,2006 .3:24He was seventy-six and had spent23 years on death row.3:28His appeals cost the state more than seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.3:32Newsome halted executions in March2019, withdrew the lethal injection protocol,3:38and closed San Quintin's execution chamber.3:41That pause left death sentences intact.3:44An effective commutation would replace the sentence itself, even though executions3:48are already halted.3:50The chamber was later taken down.3:52All but a handful of the remaining condemned prisoners moved from segregated housing3:57at San Quintin to other facilities.3:59The prison is now called San Quintin Rehabilitation Center.4:03Death row increasingly describes a sentence.4:05Rather than one shared location, capital appeals and petitions challenging4:10imprisonment cost an estimated more than two hundred million dollars a year.4:15Death penalty appeals account for about a quarter of the state supreme court's work.4:20Taxpayers fund defense lawyers, prosecutors, and the courts administering years of4:24litigation.4:25Commutations could reduce capital litigation costs, but nobody has put a reliable4:30savings total on this proposal.4:33Imprisonment would continue, and pending proceedings wouldn't all automatically4:37disappear.4:38Some condemned prisoners are now in their eighties and90 s.4:42After decades under death sentences, potential recipients include Charles Nang,4:47convicted of killing six men, three women, and two infant boys in Northern4:52California in nineteen eighty-four and nineteen eighty-five.4:55They also include Richard Allan Davis, who abducted and murdered twelve-year-old4:59Polly Class of Petaluma in nineteen ninety-three.5:03Christopher Cherry is also covered.5:05He was convicted of murdering, raping, and torturing his girlfriend's three-year-old5:09daughter, Sophia Acosta, in Tulera County.5:12The universal proposal reaches these cases because it covers every current death5:17sentence.5:18Their convictions would remain in place.5:20Bethany Webb's sister Laura was among eight people killed in the2011 Seal Beach mass5:25shooting.5:26Their mother was shot and badly injured.5:28Webb rejects the promise that execution will repair a family's loss and calls the5:33prolonged capital process brutalizing.5:35Sandy Friend sees removal of a death sentence as a betrayal.5:39Her eight-year-old son, Michael Lyons, was abducted and murdered in nineteen5:43ninety-six.5:44She said, It's total disrespect for the victims.5:47It's a slap in the face.5:50Families carry different expectations of what justice should deliver.5:54Newsom acknowledges that his decision will revive painful memories and anger, and5:59hurt some Californians.6:01He calls it among the hardest decisions of his governorship.6:04He says he accepts responsibility for its impact and wants the victims remembered6:09while offenders remain imprisoned for life.6:12A separate constitutional challenge could reach California's death penalty law6:16itself.6:17The state public defender sued in2024 , alleging persistent racial disparities.6:22This spring, the Supreme Court required the Attorney General to explain why capital6:27punishment should survive that challenge.6:29Attorney General Rob Bonta said in August that evidence of pervasive racial6:34disparities could reveal a constitutionally intolerable risk of arbitrary6:38punishment.6:39That lawsuit proceeds separately from Newsom's request for clem court action on the6:43three eighty-two clemency requests is still pending.6:47Newsome's term ends in January2027 .6:51After eight years in office, to complete those commutations himself, he needs the6:55court's recommendations and must issue the final grants while he's still governor.기사 읽기스토리 타임라인HeyDex누가 무엇을 보도했나둘 이상의 매체가 보도한 항목✓Newsom’s plan to commute California death sentences독립적으로 확인됨 · 언론사 16곳Supreme Court review of clemency cases언론사 10곳✓Sentence terms after commutation독립적으로 확인됨 · 언론사 8곳Number of people on California death row affected언론사 6곳✓Newsom’s moratorium on executions독립적으로 확인됨 · 언론사 6곳✓Date of California’s last execution독립적으로 확인됨 · 언론사 5곳Newsom’s view of state-sanctioned killing언론사 4곳Effect on California’s future use of the death penalty언론사 3곳Impact on crime victims’ families언론사 2곳Open letter announcing the commutations언론사 2곳Length of Newsom’s tenure as governor언론사 2곳한 매체만 보도한 항목13Los Angeles Times — California만 보도End of Newsom’s term as governor11월 5일 오후 7:21 UTCNBC News만 보도Possible withdrawal of pending commutations by a future governor11월 5일 오후 9:17 UTCChallenges to commutations requiring court approval11월 5일 오후 9:17 UTCNewsom’s statement on the state’s ability to kill11월 5일 오후 9:17 UTCPolly Klaas’s father’s response to the commutations11월 6일 오전 12:22 UTCFox News만 보도Marc Klaas’s response to the decision11월 5일 오후 8:03 UTCJeff Hood’s response to the commutations11월 5일 오후 8:03 UTCScripps News만 보도Status of California’s death row after commutations11월 5일 오후 10:01 UTCPBS NewsHour만 보도Finality of commutations not requiring court approval11월 5일 오후 11:53 UTCShare of the national death row affected11월 5일 오후 11:53 UTCABC News (Australia)만 보도Number of men on California’s death row11월 6일 오전 12:49 UTCNumber of women on California’s death row11월 6일 오전 12:49 UTCAl Jazeera만 보도Scale of the commutations in United States history11월 6일 오전 1:39 UTC각 줄은 해당 매체의 보도에서 저희가 기록한 주장입니다. 2026년 11월 6일 오후 4:05 UTC 기준 비교.
