Biden, Trump and life imprisonment

Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole, before he hands power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can’t have them executed
Mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office, President Joe Biden is commuting
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals.
Biden to commute sentences of nearly all men on federal death row
The move does nothing for people sentenced to death in state courts, which far outnumber the federal tally. The Death Penalty Information Center counts 2,241 people on death row at the state or federal level in the U.S. or face the possibility of being resentenced to death in a new trial.
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Joe Biden spares the lives of 37 death row inmates before Trump’s return
Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, converting their punishments to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. This decision arrived just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump,
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