Death Penalty on Seven Lights https://sevenlights.org/tags/death-penalty/ Recent content in Death Penalty on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 Newsom commutes all 548 California death sentences to life in prison https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/newsom-commutes-california-death-row/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/newsom-commutes-california-death-row/ California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he will commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole, the largest mass clemency in United States history. Christa Pike Releases First Statement Since Failed Execution https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/christa-pike-pain-statement-failed-execution/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:38:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/christa-pike-pain-statement-failed-execution/ Christa Pike, who survived an attempted lethal injection in Tennessee last month, said in her first public statement Friday that she has been in constant pain since the procedure and blamed ‘incompetence’ for her survival.