Meet the Death Row Prisoners Who Will Escape Capital Punishment Thanks to Biden
Biden offered mercy to 37 of the 40 murderers on death row — some of whom abducted and sexually assaulted their victims before killing them.
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.
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
The move prevents President-elect Donald Trump from executing most men on federal death row.
Trump Vows to Pursue Capital Punishment Following Biden's Commutation of Federal Death Sentences
Donald Trump vows to pursue capital punishment following Joe Biden's commutation of federal death row sentences for 37 individuals.
Biden commutes most federal death sentences
He left intact the death sentences of the men convicted of "terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder" in the 2015 Charleston church shooting, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and 2018 massacre at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue.
Biden death row commutations include six men convicted in Virginia
Of 37 federal prisoners whose punishments were reduced to life in prison, two committed murders in Northern Virginia and four killed people elsewhere in the state.
Most death-row inmates who received a reprieve from Biden are housed in Indiana prison
President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row. The majority of them are held in Terre Haute.
President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution
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 takes office.
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.
Donald Trump vows to pursue executions after President Biden commutes most of federal death row
President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the ...
Trump Plans to Seek Death Penalty 'Vigorously' in Federal Cases
President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to order the Justice Department to expand its pursuit of capital punishment for ...
Biden’s death row orders grant justice where Supreme Court has grown hostile to claims of racial bias
The Supreme Court’s recent treatment of capital cases is rife with disregard for systemic racial discrimination.
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 ...
‘Squad’ Rep. Ayanna Pressley praises Biden for controversial commutations: ‘Death penalty is racist’
Pressley, 50, described the 82-year-old commander in chief’s decision to spare dozens of convicted murderers and rapists from ...
Michigan was 1st state to outlaw death penalty
President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Michigan's only prisoner on death row federally. The state has long outlawed the ...
Capital Punishment: Ben Stiller’s forgotten 1980s avant-garde punk band
Long before Ben Stiller was making a name for himself in Hollywood, he was creating potentially groundbreaking music.
Biden Just Made a Huge Defensive Move Against Trump. It’s What He Didn’t Do That’s Telling.
President-elect Trump took issue with fees charged to use the Panama Canal, a vital shipping route, on Saturday night, ...