12/23/2022
Most of the people pardoned were convicted from the late 1980s to early 2000s, according to Friday’s announcement. One was convicted in 1973.
Their crimes included marijuana and cocaine possession, first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery, the announcement stated.
“The governor regards clemency as an important part of the criminal justice system that can incentivize accountability and rehabilitation and increase public safety by removing counterproductive barriers to successful reentry,” according to Friday’s statement. “A pardon may also remove unjust collateral consequences of conviction, such as deportation and permanent family separation.”
Pardons don’t forgive someone of committing a crime or minimize the harm caused, Newsom’s office said. Instead, they recognize each person’s progress and rehabilitation since the time they were convicted.
“In California, we’re never going back to a time when women were forced to seek basic healthcare in backrooms and underground clinics,” Newsom said in November. “Laura Miner’s story is a powerful reminder of the generations of people who fought for reproductive freedom in this country, and the risks that so many Americans now face in a post-Roe world.”
And in July, the governor pardoned Sara Kruzan, whose murder conviction at 17 for killing a man who sexually trafficked her became a symbol of a flawed justice system.
Newsom has granted 140 pardons, 123 commutations and 35 reprieves while in office, according to Friday’s statement.
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