On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) commuted every death sentence in the state, following Joe Biden’s lead just ...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement to commute death sentences for more than 500 people will clear the largest death row in ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he is commuting every death sentence in his state to a sentence of life in ...

Out of conscience, the governor acts to clear out death row and instead resentence 548 people to life without parole. This ...

If approved by the California Supreme Court, the number of people sentenced to death nationwide would drop by nearly a third.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to commute every California death sentence involved a mafia murder, warm socks and an unexpected ...

“The death penalty is a flawed, expensive, and error-filled practice that fails us all,” said Equal Justice Initiative’s Bryan Stevenson, urging other elected officials to follow the California ...

Death row inmate begs state to delay his execution until after the holidays - The convicted murderer said that carrying out the killing during the holiday season would cause a ‘substantial toll on all ...

Republicans rejected an execution broadcast, one governor spared a man, and another is asking his state to end executions.

In 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted from a sleepover and killed. Her killer is among 548 prisoners on California’s death row whose sentences Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to commute. Polly’s ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. The Cobb County Superior Court has ordered the execution of a ...

At its Justice Reimagined Awards and Celebration, the Catholic Mobilizing Network honored journalist Elizabeth Bruenig and ...