Trump Blasts Gavin Newsom Over Decision To Halt Executions Of Death Row Inmates
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President Donald Trump sharply criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom over his decision to halt executions for the state’s death row inmates, calling the move a “disaster for Justice in America.”
In a post on social media, Trump accused Newsom of undermining the justice system and argued that the decision disregards the suffering of victims’ families, while expressing hope that the policy will eventually be overturned.
Gavin Newscum’s halting the Death Penalty for all 563 California Death Row inmates, some of the worst cold blooded murderers to have ever lived on the face of the Earth, is a disaster for Justice in America. Many of these names, people who have killed, over and over again, can’t believe their luck in having a Governor so incompetent and insensitive that he would not let the long and winding legal system prevail. The family members of those who were so viciously killed are, rightfully, devastated. Hopefully this decision will be overturned! President DONALD J. TRUMP
If Newsom’s commutation is approved, it will be the largest mass commutation in the history of the United States.
California has rejected ballot measures to repeal the death penalty in both 2012 and 2016.
Newsom announced Nov. 5 that he intends to commute the death sentences of 548 people—529 men and 19 women—to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. If approved by the California Supreme Court, it would be the largest mass commutation of death sentences in U.S. history and would reduce the national death-row population by nearly 30 percent.
The action goes further than the execution moratorium Newsom imposed in 2019, which paused executions while leaving death sentences intact. Under the new plan, no one would be released, pardoned or made eligible for parole. Underlying convictions and restitution orders would remain unchanged, and prosecutors would still be able to seek capital punishment in future cases. California has not carried out an execution since January 17, 2006, though state voters rejected ballot measures to repeal the death penalty in 2012 and 2016.
Newsom described life without parole as “the most severe punishment I can lawfully impose and the state of California can ethically enforce,” adding: “These offenders will die in prison but not by our hand.”
Democrat policies are bad for America.
