KQED reports that Gov. Gavin Newsom will commute the sentences of all 548 people on California's death row — the largest act of mass clemency in U.S. history, per the Death Penalty Information Center — to life without parole, citing moral opposition to state-sanctioned killing. The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation is considering a legal challenge, and the move comes before Newsom leaves office in January 2027 ahead of an expected presidential run.