# MICHAEL RUIZ: California prosecutors revolt after Newsom orders state’s worst killers off death row

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/michael-ruiz-california-prosecutors-revolt-after-newsom-orders-states-worst-killers-off-death-row/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:49:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T19:10:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/michael-ruiz-california-prosecutors-revolt-newsom-orders-states-worst-killers-off-death-row
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Newsom plans to commute hundreds of death sentences.
- Prosecutors say the blanket move ignores individual cases.
- The plan would leave sentences as life without parole.

## Summary

California prosecutors have criticised Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to commute the death sentences of hundreds of people on the state’s death row to life imprisonment without parole. They argue that a blanket decision overlooks the facts of individual cases and say victims’ families were not notified; Newsom says state-sanctioned executions conflict with California’s values.

Those affected include Isauro Aguirre, convicted of torturing and killing eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, as well as prisoners convicted in multiple killings, including serial murders. Prosecutors cited Randy Kraft, convicted of killing 16 men, and Charles Ng, sentenced to death for his role in 11 people’s abduction, abuse and murder. District attorneys said Newsom’s move does not change state law or end capital punishment in future cases.

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