he plans an immediate death cha quinten.ry mcsweeney has the details. >> reporter: governor newsom expected to make the announcement at 7:00 tomorrow morning up in sacramento. what it means is a moratorium on executions. that translates to a reprieve for all of the inmates who are prisoners, the prisoners who are on death row. that means 740 prisoners are going to be getting a reprieve as a result of this. newsom has long been opposed to the death penalty. he wanted to end it back in 2006. that initiative lost. another try in 2016 also failed. so now he's going to use executive authority to accomplish this goal. an association of deputy district attorneys oppose the move. here's what some folks told me tonight. >> i don't believe in the death penalty, so personally i'm okay with that. but i think the community has to vote. >> ending the death penalty, yes, yes. i mean, everyone deserves a chance, right? why would we end a life? >> reporter: so people here on death row, scott peterson convicted. richard davis, who kidnapped a