Justiz-Vorstoß: Kaliforniens Gouverneur ändert Todesurteile zu Haftstrafen
Kalifornien vollstreckt seit 2006 keine Hinrichtungen mehr, doch es gibt noch mehr als 500 zum Tode Verurteilte. Der scheidende Gouverneur Gavin Newsom will Gnade walten lassen.
Sacramento - California's Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to convert all 548 death sentences in the state to life sentences behind bars. Newsom believes that state-sanctioned executions go against California's values and undermine the foundations of the legal system. He wrote a letter to state residents explaining his reasoning.
No executions have taken place in California since 2006, making it the state with the most death row inmates of any in the nation. In some cases, the state's highest court must intervene to convert death sentences into life sentences without the possibility of clemency, which is required in cases involving multiple convictions. Newsom will not be able to run for re-election as governor, as he will step down in January.
He is seen as a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2028 presidential election. Other governors have also converted death sentences to life in prison in their respective states in recent years. In 2024, President Joe Biden ordered the conversion for a large portion of those on death row at the federal level as well.
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