Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates
Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 civil and human rights groups penned a letter to the president in early December calling on him to commute the sentences of "all individuals on federal death row."
Full List of Death Row Sentences Joe Biden Commuted
Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said.
Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens.
Biden commutes death penalty sentence against Michigan murderer
Marvin Gabrion was convicted and sentenced to die more than two decades ago for killing a woman who had accused him of rape.
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The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof.
President Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Donald Trump can't have them executed
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment,
Biden Commutes Sentences Of 37 Death Row Inmates, Says ‘We Must Stop’ Using Death Penalty At Federal Level
President Joe Biden said, “In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.”
2 Georgia men among federal death row inmates spared by President Joe Biden
Two of the federal inmates on death row whose lives have been spared by President Joe Biden are from the state of Georgia.
Biden death row commutations include six men convicted in Virginia
Of 37 federal prisoners whose punishments were reduced to life in prison, two committed murders in Northern Virginia and four killed people elsewhere in the state.
President Biden commutes sentences of 37 on death row. What it means.
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 people on death row, which means those individuals will have their sentences changed from execution to life without parole, the White House said in a press release on Monday.
Biden Commutes Nearly All Federal Death Penalty Sentences
Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison.
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