加州州长加文·纽瑟姆周四表示，他将把该州所有死刑判决改为无假释可能的终身监禁。
纽森的决定是在他准备在八年后离任时做出的。2019年，他在该州暂停执行死刑，但仍有数百人被判死刑。
纽瑟姆在一封信中说：“我采取这一行动，因为我坚信，国家批准的杀戮与加州的价值观不相容，破坏了我们法律体系的基础，削弱了我们每个人。”
根据纽瑟姆办公室提供的数字，纽瑟姆提议赦免加州目前被判死刑的548人，其中529人为男性，19人为女性。
根据纽瑟姆办公室提供的数据，州宪法要求加州最高法院批准对任何被判重罪超过一次的人给予宽大处理，这意味着法院必须批准其中的382项减刑，约占70%．．
纽瑟姆说，这个决定是他职业生涯中最困难的选择之一，因为它将为犯罪受害者的家庭带来痛苦的记忆。
“作为州长，我独自承担这一决定及其影响的责任，正如我独自承担每次处决的责任一样，”纽瑟姆写道。
加州选民拒绝了2016年的一项投票措施，该措施将废除该州的死刑。
美国公民自由联盟（American Civil Liberties Union）对这一宣布表示赞赏，该联盟曾表示，死刑的执行反映了种族偏见。
执行董事安东尼·罗梅罗（Anthony Romero）在一份声明中说：“这些减刑反映了正义的要求：结束让加州负担太久的种族主义、容易出错和不人道的惩罚。”
美国公民自由联盟参与了对加州死刑法规的持续法律挑战，声称这是种族歧视和违宪的。
纽瑟姆过去曾表示，政府杀害公民是错误的，死刑在实践中歧视了精神病患者和有色人种。
Gov． Newsom says he will commute all death sentences in state to life without parole
SACRAMENTO， Calif． --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．
Newsom’s decision comes as he prepares to leave office after eight years． In 2019， he placed a moratorium on executions in the state but hundreds of people remained on death row．
“I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values， undermines the foundations of our legal system， and diminishes each of us，” Newsom said in a letter．
Newsom moved to grant clemency to 548 people are currently sentenced to death in California， of which 529 are men and 19 are women， according to numbers provided by his office．
The state constitution requires the California Supreme Court’s approval to grant clemency to anyone convicted of a felony more than once， which means the court would have to approve 382 of those commutations， or roughly 70%， according to numbers provided by Newsom’s office．．
Newsom said the decision was among the most difficult choices of his career because it will surface painful memories for crime victims’ families．
“As Governor， I alone bear responsibility for this decision and its impact， just as I alone would bear responsibility for each execution，” Newsom wrote．
California voters rejected a ballot measure in 2016 that would have repealed the death penalty in the state．
The American Civil Liberties Union， who has said the implementation of the death penalty reflects racial bias， applauded the announcement．
“These commutations reflect what justice demands： an end to a racist， error-prone， and inhumane punishment that has burdened California for far too long，” said executive director Anthony Romero in a statement．
The ACLU is involved in an ongoing legal challenge to California’s death penalty statute， alleging it is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional．
Newsom has said in the past that it is wrong for the government to kill its citizens and that capital punishment in practice has discriminated against mentally ill people and people of color．
