Anne Marie Schubert

Rule Changes

Plans to sue to block the commutations on behalf of crime victims

Governor Gavin Newsom's order to commute all 548 California death sentences to life without parole now depends on the state Supreme Court, which has no deadline to act. About 382 of the condemned were convicted of more than one felony and need four justices to concur; the rest Newsom can commute on his own.

Updated 2 days ago