More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death sentences over accusations of its constitutionality and racial discrimination.

There were 2,414 people on death row in the United States as of April 1, 2022. That figure has dropped every year for two decades. The state with the largest number of men and women on ...

America's largest death row is now stopped cold after California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order granting reprieve to the more than 700 condemned inmates in the state. It's a big ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the United States' largest death row at San Quentin State Prison. The aim is to turn the section into a "positive, healing environment.” ...

Currently the state’s death row has roughly 640 people waiting for executions, more than double the next largest death row, in Florida, which had 286 people as of early 2024.

Before that, the local courts had not sent anyone to death row since 2010. California has the largest death row in the country, with 639 people with condemned sentences as of the end of ...

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: California this week is moving ahead with efforts to dismantle the largest death row system in America. Under Governor Gavin Newsom, the state on Wednesday began the ...

As of 2024, the death penalty remains a completely legal form of punishment in 21 U.S. states, including Florida, which according to the Death Penalty Information Center has a current death ...