Newsom’s death row mulling has support — though tempered — in California Legislature

Furious cops plead with Gavin Newsom to halt death penalty commutation: ‘Worst of the worst’

California’s police chiefs pleaded with Gavin Newsom not to follow through on sparing inmates from the death penalty, warning that doing so could have disastrous consequences for public safety.

Contributor: A death sentence is too heavy a decision to be overturned lightly

Gov. Gavin Newsom should be wary of blanket commutation, which substitutes one individual's judgment for the deliberative process of justice.

Newsom’s death row mulling has support — though tempered — in California Legislature

As Gov. Gavin Newsom mulls whether to commute the sentences of more than 500 people on California’s death row, he faces support — although not completely full-throated — from leaders in the Legislature. One of his firm backers is Assemblymember…