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Notorious Fresno-area killers are on Gov. Newsom's clemency list. Here are their crimes
Some of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley’s most notorious killers are among the roughly 550 death row inmates on a list to be spared by Gov. Gavin Newsom before he leaves office, according to a letter he released on Thursday. Newsom is set to leave office in January after terming out and can grant clemency for inmates with a single felony conviction. For those with multiple felony convictions, they would need to be approved by four of the seven justices on the California Supreme Court. Clemency reverts a death sentence to life without parole. “I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us,” Newsom said in the letter. Newsom announced a moratorium on death row inmates in 2019, meaning the practice of capital punishment was put on hold in the state. The last person put to death in California was Clarence Allen Ray , who was killed by lethal injection in 2006 for three murders and for conspiracy after a Fresno store robbery. He was convicted in 1982 of the murders of Bryon William Schletewitz, Douglas Scott White and Josephine
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Search for runaway teen in Sanger, may be in Fresno or Modesto
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — The Sanger Police Department is asking for the public's help locating a 17-year-old boy who was reported as a runaway. Christian Angel Salcedo was last seen around 2:30 p.m. on October 30 in Sanger. Police say Christian may be in Fresno or Modesto. He...