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De Californische gouverneur Gavin Newsom heeft de doodstraffen van alle 548 ter dood veroordeelde gevangenen in de staat omgezet in levenslange straffen. Volgens Newsom is de doodstraf moreel onaanvaardbaar en veroorzaakt ze onnodig leed. De beslissing verandert in de praktijk weinig, aangezien in Californië al jaren geen executies meer worden uitgevoerd.

Gavin Newsom iniciou um processo de comutação para que condenações à pena de morte passem a prisão perpétua. Maioria dos casos depende, contudo, de aprovação do Supremo Tribunal estatal.

In dem Bundesstaat wartet nun niemand mehr auf seine Hinrichtung: Gouverneur Gavin Newsom kippt alle 548 bestehenden Todesurteile in Kalifornien. In einem Brief an die Bürger findet er zudem deutliche Worte über die Todesstrafe.

Gavin Newsom plant die Umwandlung aller Todesurteile in Kalifornien in lebenslange Haft. Der Schritt gilt als symbolisch, seit 2019 ist die Todesstrafe dort ausgesetzt.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he will commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates currently condemned to execution in his state, the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he'll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Kaller statlig godkjente drap uforenlig med Californias verdier. - Disse lovbryterne skal dø i fengsel, men ikke for vår hånd, sier han.

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/tOM8mg/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/11/05/8700a2dc-a3c3-4da6-b56c-7984548a2099.jpg">Der Bundesstaat hatte schon seit 2006 keine Exekutionen mehr vollstreckt, vorher gefällte Urteile waren aber noch gültig. Newsom wandelte als einen seiner wohl letzten größeren Amtsakte diese Strafen nun um

California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.

Gouverneur Gavin Newsom van de Amerikaanse staat Californië heeft donderdag stappen ondernomen om 548 doodstraffen om te zetten in levenslange celstraffen. Newsom zegt tot het besluit te zijn gekomen omdat hij de doodstraf moreel verwerpelijk vindt.

In one of his final acts as governor, Gavin Newsom said he would change all death sentences to life in prison without parole, eliminating about a quarter of all such sentences nationwide.

O governador da Califórnia Gavin Newsom, em um de seus últimos atos no cargo, reduziu as penas de todos os presos condenados à morte no estado para prisão perpétua sem possibilidade de liberdade condicional. São 548 detentos no total. Essas condenações representam cerca de um quarto de todas as penas de morte nos Estados Unidos. A medida foi divulgada em uma

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is considering a run for president, called capital punishment morally objectionable. Though California hasn’t executed anyone for 20 years, that represents about a quarter of death sentences nationwide.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he'll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.