silence7@lemmy.world to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoNewsom commutes all 548 California death sentences in historic movewww.sfchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up137file-text
arrow-up137external-linkNewsom commutes all 548 California death sentences in historic movewww.sfchronicle.comsilence7@lemmy.world to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 days agoHe’s trying to. Supposedly it has to pass through the state’s supreme court.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days ago Supposedly it has to pass through the state’s supreme court. California gives its state supreme court power to supervise a governor’s pardons?
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoIf I recall it something like this, if a convict has two or more felony convictions the governor can’t pardon them without a majority I think of the Supreme Court signing off on it.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoThat would break the whole principle of pardons.
He’s trying to. Supposedly it has to pass through the state’s supreme court.
California gives its state supreme court power to supervise a governor’s pardons?
If I recall it something like this, if a convict has two or more felony convictions the governor can’t pardon them without a majority I think of the Supreme Court signing off on it.
That would break the whole principle of pardons.