FROM: Friends Committee on Legislation of California

Take Action! Tell Governor Newsom to follow President Biden’s Lead.

President Biden has taken bold action and commuted 37 federal death sentences in an historic and courageous decision that will have a lasting, positive impact on our justice system. This effectively fulfills the President’s 2020 promise to end the death penalty at the federal level.

We hope Governor Newsom will take inspiration from the President’s groundbreaking action and take action to commute California’s death row.  

Here in California, nearly 600 people remain on the largest death row in the country, dozens still awaiting appeals after decades of delays.

Governor Newsom has the authority to unilaterally commute about 40% of death sentences and can submit his request for commutation to the California Supreme Court for those remaining. 

Send a message today to the governor today urging him to commute death row!

You may also call his office at (916) 445-2841 to voice your message.