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."
Michigan mom decries Biden's death row commutation in daughter's 'heinous' 1997 murder
Two days before Christmas, Velda Robinson felt like she was robbed of long-awaited justice when she heard her daughter's killer was spared execution.
Trump vows to use DOJ to enact death penalty after Biden sentence commutations
Donald Trump said the Justice Department will pursue the death penalty against prisoners after Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates.
Biden Fails a Death Penalty Abolitionist’s Most Important Test
Biden failed that test. In a statement announcing his clemency decision, the president said, “I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience,
Trump vows to "vigorously pursue the death penalty" after Biden commutations
President-elect Trump promised Tuesday that his Justice Department will "vigorously pursue the death penalty," one day after President Biden announced he had commuted sentences for most of the people on federal death row.
Trump vows to direct DOJ to pursue death penalty in wake of Biden clemencies
President-elect Trump vowed Tuesday to direct his Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue the death penalty in the wake of President Biden’s clemencies of nearly every federal death row inmate. “As
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.
Trump Vows to Pursue Executions After Biden Commutes Most of Federal Death Row
President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing fo
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.
Biden takes unprecedented step on death penalty as he prepares to leave office
"I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level," President Joe Biden said in a statement released Monday.
Most death-row inmates who received a reprieve from Biden are housed in Indiana prison
President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row. The majority of them are held in Terre Haute.
'Squad' Dem applauds Biden for sparing murderers from 'racist' death penalty in 11th-hour clemency move
House Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley is among the left-wing lawmakers praising President Biden's decision to commute 37 ...
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Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty
Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, ...
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Death penalty opponents make one more plea to President Biden to spare life of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
Death penalty opponents on Thursday launched a new effort to spare Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers and two others ...
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Death penalty opponents make plea to Biden
Death Penalty Action submitted a letter to the White House signed by almost 450 organizations, asking President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the three federal inmates facing execution ...
Trump responds to inmates with commuted sentences in Christmas Day post
President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to expand federal use of the death penalty, condemns President Joe Biden’s decision ...