MICHAEL RUIZ: DA identifies 49 local killers slated for Newsom’s death row clemency — and their crimes

A California prosecutor is highlighting the twisted impact of nearly 50 death row inmates in his county after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for blanket clemency for all of the state’s condemned prisoners.

Three of them killed police officers, according to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office. One killed at least 16 young men and is suspected of dozens of additional murders. Another killed an Arizona couple to raise money for a sex-change, which was finally obtained behind bars on the taxpayers’ dime…

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