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id: 178374ad65
section: safety
first_reported: 2026-11-06 21:20 PST
updated: 2026-11-07 15:52 PST
status: reported
outlets: 3
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# Riverside County DA speaks out against Gov. Newsom's commutation of death penalty inmates

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — On a summer day in 1996, Marc Klaas sat in a San Jose courtroom and clutched the hands of his family as a clerk read aloud the guilty verdict that would eventually place his…

Section: [Public Safety](/inland-empire/section/safety.md) · Entities: none

## Coverage

- [CBS Los Angeles](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/riverside-county-da-speaks-out-against-gov-newsoms-commutation-of-death-penalty-inmates/), 2026-11-06 21:20 PST: Riverside County DA speaks out against Gov. Newsom's commutation of death penalty inmates
- [KVCR News](https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-11-07/gov-newsom-reduces-all-death-penalty-sentences-in-california-what-that-means-for-the-inland-empire), 2026-11-07 12:23 PST: Gov. Newsom reduces all death penalty sentences in California: What that means for the Inland Empire
- [KESQ News Channel 3](https://kesq.com/news/national-world/cnn-national/2026/11/07/his-daughter-was-abducted-during-a-sleepover-and-killed-he-is-among-families-grappling-with-newsoms-death-row-commutation/), 2026-11-07 15:52 PST: His daughter was abducted during a sleepover and killed. He is among families grappling with Newsom’s death row commutation

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