{
  "id": 18375434,
  "title": "California governor says commuting all death sentences in the state, calls decision 'among most difficult of my career'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/california-governor-says-commuting-all-death-sentences-in-the-state",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T20:53:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/05/california-governor-newsom-says-commuting-all-death-sentences-in-the-state-calls-decision-among-most-difficult-of-my-career_6773032_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With 548 people awaiting execution in California, the state has one of the largest death row populations in the world. 'Many Californians feel that those who commit brutal crimes deserve to die. But as governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them,' Newsom wrote in a letter 'to all Californians.'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}