SOME NUMBERS
The state Constitution gives governors the power to reduce and commute sentences, and to pardon prisoners. No one on death row has received clemency since 1967. Here are recent pardons:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2003-present: 3
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Gray Davis, 1999-2003: 0
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Pete Wilson, 1991-1999: 13
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George Deukmejian, 1983-1991: 328
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Jerry Brown, 1975-1983: 403
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Ronald Reagan, 1967-1975: 575
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