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Gavin Newsom commutes the death penalty of 548 people in California

In a letter issued on 5 November, Gavin Newsom, governor of California, announced the commutation of the death penalty of 548 people for life imprisonment. Newsom has been opposed to the death penalty for years and, in 2019, decreed a moratorium on executions in his state. However, the California Constitution requires the approval of the State Supreme Court to grant clemency when a person has been convicted of a serious crime on more than one occasion. The measure of Newsom would represent the greatest act of clemency in the history of the United States.

World

Demand against oil giants in America. EU could set a precedent in environmental matters

A legal battle with the potential to set a historic environmental precedent reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The judges heard the arguments in a lawsuit filed by authorities in Boulder, Colorado, against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy oil companies, accused of contributing to climate change and of transferring the costs of events such as forest fires, floods and droughts to communities.

World

Why is the Ayotzinapa case still unclear 12 years later?

Since the night of September 26, 2014, family members, organizations and human rights defenders continue to demand truth and justice for the disappearance of Ayotzinapa students. Despite new lines of research, arrests and promises of progress, the whereabouts of the students remain unknown. Angela Buitrago, a former member of the GIEI in Ayotzinapa, a former prosecutor delegated to the Supreme Court and former Minister of Justice and Law, addresses the issue in France 24.

Politics

Report from Washington: Supreme Court gives Trump access to data to audit voters

For a long time, US President Donald Trump claimed fraud and that the vote of thousands of non-American citizens was being counted, an accusation he was never able to verify and that, according to analysts, the president uses to sow chaos and doubts for the results of the half-term elections. On September 25, the conservative Supreme Court temporarily authorized the Trump Administration to use a federal database to verify the eligibility of American voters. Report from Washington with our correspondent

Politics

Costa Rica's Opposition Accuses Laura Fernández's Government of "Authoritarianism"

For decades, Costa Rica operated as the last oasis of democratic stability and security in Central America. Today, hit by an unprecedented murder crisis, the Executive is driving a 'hard hand' recipe and judicial reforms that open a collision front with the Supreme Court and the opposition. We discussed in France 24 with Mr Edgardo Araya (Front Amplio) on the risk of an institutional break: 'We are concerned to end up being like El Salvador'.