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 fo

President Joe Biden commuted on Monday the executions of 37 of the 40 people currently on federal death row. They will instead serve life in prison without parole. The White House said in a statement the president "believes that America must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level,

Tsarnaev was convicted of all 30 charges against him, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction and the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier during the getaway attempt. Prosecutors said the brothers carried out the attack to punish the U.S. for wars in Muslim countries.