'A mistake': Biden faces backlash upon commuting sentences of death row inmates
The Democratic president also faced criticism from some anti-death penalty activists who said he didn't go far enough, including a family member of one victim, who said Biden's commutations should have extended to the other three federal inmates facing the death penalty.
Pressley praises Biden’s death row commutations, urges more action
Boston Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley praised President Joe Biden’s move to take killers off death row but added he hasn’t gone far enough. In a statement that has gone viral, Pressley said Biden has made a “groundbreaking act” that was long overdue.
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,
Trump has Christmas Eve meltdown over Biden’s commutation of nearly every federal death row prisoner’s sentence
Less than a month before Trump takes office, Biden removed 37 people from death row who were all convicted of murder charges
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.
Biden grants executive clemency to most death row inmates, reducing sentences to life
President Joe Biden has granted executive clemency to all but three of the country’s death row inmates. As Erica Brown reports, this effectively reduces their sentences to life without the possibility of parole and shields them from President-elect Trump’s vow to resume federal executions.
What to know about Biden’s death row commutations, and what happens next
Opponents of capital punishment had urged the president to commute death row sentences before Donald Trump — who promised to restart federal executions — takes office.
Praise and outrage follow Biden’s decision to commute federal death row sentences
President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s taking 37 people off federal death row resulted in praise from some families and deep disappointment from others.
These 3 inmates are still on federal death row after Biden commuted 37 of 40 death sentences
President Biden left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof.
Biden death row commutations met with praise, condemnation in Ohio
President Joe Biden announced the commutation of all but three men on federal death row, including an Ohio man convicted of killing a Columbus police officer in 2005. The president’s actions struck a chord in the state;
Biden spares federal death row inmates: Murderers targeted sailor, young girls, law enforcement
The 37 federal death row inmates commuted by President Biden on Monday targeted victims across all facets of American society.
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Victims’ Families And Friends Slam Biden For ‘Heartless Decision’ To Shield Child Murderer, Cop Killer From Death Row
Victims’ friends and family members condemned President Joe Biden’s decision Monday to commute the death sentences of ...
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 ...