'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.
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 of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without possibility of parole
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences​. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Trump says Biden commuting death-row sentences 'devastating' to families, will pursue death penalty
The move by Biden, who has just weeks left in office before Trump takes over as president, protects the 37 from capital punishment, of which Trump is a proponent.
Oklahoma man taken off death row as Biden commutes death sentences for 37 federal inmates
Biden's commutations leave three men on death row: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who carried out the Boston Marathon Bombing, Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pennsylvania, and Dylann Roof, who targeted and killed nine Black members of a church in South Carolina in 2015.
Trump Torches Biden for Commuting ‘Death Sentence on 37 of the Worst Killers in Our Country’
Donald Trump torched Joe Biden on Christmas Eve for commuting the sentence of 37 of the 40 inmates currently on the federal government's death row
Can Donald Trump undo Joe Biden's death penalty commutations?
With just weeks left in office, US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates - potentially thwarting President-elect Donald Trump's plans to expand federal executions during his upcoming administration.
Donald Trump Responds to Biden Commuting Death Sentences: 'Makes No Sense'
President-elect Donald Trump has responded to President Joe Biden commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row. "Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,
Tell us: Do you agree with Biden commuting 37 death row sentences?
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Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences in Latest Use of Pardon Power
President Joe Biden will commute the death sentences of 37 federal prisoners on Monday, using his presidential clemency powers to reduce their sentences to life imprisonment without parole.
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