With the stroke of his pen, California Governor Gavin Newsom could have a significant impact on the death penalty across the US.

For proper citation: Stephen A. Cooper, “ Gavin Newsom’s Moral Imperative: Commute All of California’s Death Sentences,” Jurist, October 31, 2023.

Across Ghana, dozens of men and women sit on death row, condemned but not executed, waiting in a limbo that is as cruel as it is uncertain.