SAN DIEGO—Gov. Gavin Newsom has pardoned a man convicted of attempted murder in San Diego County, while also granting a commuted sentence for another man serving a 140-year-to-life prison term for armed robberies in the county.
The Friday announcements were among 17 pardons, 15 commutations, and a medical reprieve issued by the governor’s office.
Regarding San Diego County crimes, Newsom pardoned Manuel Vasquez, sentenced in 2008 to five years in prison for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
The governor’s statement announcing Vasquez’s pardon states that after Vasquez’s co-defendant shot and injured two people, Vasquez picked up his cohort and drove him from the crime scene….