President Biden Saves Lives, Commutes Death Sentences of 37, Including Seven Texans, Amid Capital Punishment Debate
President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, including seven from Texas, to life without parole.
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.
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.
Biden commuted 37 death sentences. Will California Governor Gavin Newsom do the same?
After Joe Biden commuted 37 death sentences, advocates call on Gavin Newsom to do the same for 605 California death row inmates.
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 Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates
The move prevents President-elect Donald Trump from executing most men on federal death row.
In commuting death sentences, Biden is a strong counter to Trump
Recent polling shows support for the death penalty at a five-decade low, and half of the population thinks the death penalty is applied unfairly.
Trump pledges to bring back federal executions after Biden commutes death sentences for 37 inmates
President-elect Trump promised to resume federal executions upon taking office for a second term after a moratorium on the practice.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Trump slams Biden commutations
Trump's first term, and the president-elect has said he plans to expand the use of the punishment in his second.
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.
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 ...