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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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