India, Nov. 15 -- US President Donald Trump issued a sharp rebuke of outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom, condemning his executive decision to commute the sentences of every inmate on California's death row as a catastrophic failure of the legal system.

The fierce political crossfire erupted following Newsom's announcement commuting the capital sentences of 548 prisoners to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, marking the largest mass clemency action in modern American history.

In an official statement, Trump argued that the sweeping measure completely disregards the rights of crime victims and prevents lawful judicial processes from reaching their final conclusions. "This is a total disaster for justice and an ins...