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Catholic death penalty opponents praise Newsom for commuting California death sentences

Catholic death penalty opponents praise Newsom for commuting California death sentences

Friday, November 6, 2026
Catholic death penalty opponents praised Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for his decision to use his "constitutional clemency authority" to commute all California death sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The post Catholic death penalty opponents praise Newsom for commuting California death sentences first appeared on OSV News.