# ‘Baby killers, cop killers’ have an ally in Newsom, murdered girl’s father says amid death row controversy

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/baby-killers-cop-killers-have-an-ally-in-newsom-murdered-girls-father-says-amid-death-row-controversy/
- Published: 2026-10-29T13:00:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T13:26:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/baby-killers-cop-killers-ally-newsom-murdered-girls-father-says-death-row-controversy
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Newsom may commute all 563 California death sentences.
- Polly Klaas’s father says a blanket move would deny families justice.
- California has not carried out an execution since 2006.

## Summary

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of all 563 people on the state’s death row to life in prison without parole. The possibility has drawn sharp criticism from victims’ relatives, prosecutors and law enforcement officials, who say a blanket decision would override individual jury verdicts and voters’ decisions on capital punishment.

Newsom imposed a moratorium on executions in 2019 and dismantled San Quentin’s execution chamber; California has carried out no execution since 2006. Marc Klaas, whose 12-year-old daughter Polly was murdered in 1993, opposes commuting the sentence of her killer, Richard Allen Davis, who remains on death row. California voters rejected a repeal of the death penalty in 2016, while narrowly backing a measure to speed up appeals; Newsom’s spokesperson says the governor believes intentionally killing another person is wrong.

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