# Newsom is right to commute death sentences. They revictimize families

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Los Angeles Times, Nov 6, 2026, 8:34 AM · Read it: <https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-11-06/newsom-commute-death-sentences>

It was not sympathy for the murderer that changed my mind. It was what I learned about our criminal justice system — and what the pursuit of a death sentence did to the families of the people who were killed, including mine.

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- Nov 6, 2026, 8:34 AM: [Newsom is right to commute death sentences. They revictimize families](<https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-11-06/newsom-commute-death-sentences>) — Los Angeles Times (Newspaper, United States)
  It was not sympathy for the murderer that changed my mind. It was what I learned about our criminal justice system — and what the pursuit of a death sentence did to the families of the people who were killed, including mine.
