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.
Joe Biden’s Big Reversal on the Death Penalty
O ver the past four years, Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, Except for a Few. The deat
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.
Readers disagree with Biden’s decision to commute 37 death row sentences. Here’s why.
If [Biden] disapproved of the applicable federal law, he should have tried to change it democratically – not swept it aside,” one respondent said.
Joe Biden Not Commuting Dylann Roof's Death Sentence Sparks Backlash
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.”
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.
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 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 ...
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 ...