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His daughter was abducted during a sleepover and killed. He is among families grappling with Newsom’s death row commutation

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In 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted from a sleepover and killed. Her killer is among 548 prisoners on California’s death row whose sentences Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to commute. Polly’s father says the decision felt like “a shiv in my back.”

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