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California death row commutations

Nov 5, 3 PM ET to Nov 14, 7 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now

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2stories so far
52outlets carried one
🫏23 · 8 · 20🐘left · center · right
9.2 daysrunning so far
35 minof TV captions
4radio newscasts
14people retold it online

each story on the front pages, hour by hour

Front pages carrying each story at each hourly run, Nov 5, 3 PM to Nov 14, 7 PM ET (peak 49), stacked by story: 1 · 2

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Nov 5, 4 PM ET
“Newsom commutes all 548 death sentences in California”
The Independent
1
Nov 6, 9 PM ET
“Victims' Advocates, DA Blast Newsom Death Row Commutations”
Newsmax
1
Nov 7, 11 AM ET
“Newsom’s death-row plan draws fury from DAs who are threatening legal action”
Fox News
1
Nov 9, 8 AM ET
“Gavin Newsom’s death penalty commutations prove America is in a new era”
MSNBC
2
Nov 14, 5 PM ET
“Trump rips Newsom for halting death penalty: ‘Disaster for justice‘”
Just the News

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Sat Nov 7 ✨ Soft on crime 1 Cruel and unusual 1
Fri Nov 6 ✨ Cruel and unusual 1

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🧶 told by 14 on “California governor commutes all death row sentences”

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California death row commutations

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