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 forward their executions.
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.
'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.
Trump blasts Biden's federal death row commutations: 'Makes no sense'
Trump took aim Tuesday at Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners, adding to the backlash in an unprecedented move that has brought both criticism and praise.
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.
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."
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.
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 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;
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 Spares 37 Death Row Inmates Before Donald Trump Resumes Executions. Here Are the 3 He Didn't Protect
President Joe Biden spared the lives of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row before passing the torch to President-elect Donald Trump. Biden did not pardon the murderers, but rather downgrade
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Kellyanne Conway Presses GOP Sen. On How Much ‘Damage And Pain’ Biden Can Cause After Clemency For Death Row Inmates
Fox guest host Kellyanne Conway questioned Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty Monday about how much more “damage and pain ...
Joe Biden’s Moral Wisdom
The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.