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California Governor Commutes 548 Death Sentences
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday 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.
The announcement, in a three-page letter addressed to “all Californians,” came as Newsom, a Democrat who is expected to seek his party’s presidential nomination in 2028, neared the end of his second and final four-year term as governor.
Newsom, who previously served as mayor of San Francisco and lieutenant governor, declared a moratoriumon executions in March 2019, about two months after first taking office as governor. California last put a prisoner to death in 2006 when Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor.
Five Dead, Including Two Teen Suspects, After Shooting at San Diego Mosque
Two teenage gunmen opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, California, killing a security guard and two other men outside the mosque before the suspects were found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.
San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said local law enforcement and the FBI were investigating the attack on the largest mosque in San Diego County as a hate crime.
5 Ex-Memphis Policemen Charged With Civil Rights Violations in Tyre Nichols Death
Five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols appear during an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tenn., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
Five former Memphis policemen were charged in federal court on Tuesday with violating the civil rights of Black motorist Tyre Nichols by beating him to death after a traffic stop and engaging in a cover-up.
Eight Killed, Including Six Women of Asian Descent, at Atlanta Day Spas
A view of the Gold Spa after deadly shootings at three day spas, in Atlanta, Ga., on March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the shootings was arrested in southern Georgia, police said.