Trump seizes on Biden commutations to pledge resumption of federal executions
Promotion of the death penalty is a critical component of Trump’s bid to establish a presidential dictatorship. It is part of the anti-immigrant agitation that is central to his America-first, ultra-nationalistic ideological offensive and fascist incitement.
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."
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.
Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty
Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, Except for a Few. The death penalty is not the hot-button political issue it was during the 1980s and ’90s,
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 fo
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.
Michigan mom decries Biden's death row commutation in daughter's 'heinous' 1997 murder
Two days before Christmas, Velda Robinson felt like she was robbed of long-awaited justice when she heard her daughter's killer was spared execution.
Biden Commutes Nearly All Federal Death Penalty Sentences
Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison.
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.
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.
Two Palm Beach County men among 37 federal death row inmates commuted by Biden on Monday
President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez, convicted in the 2006 murders of two boys and their parents.
The Three Death Row Sentences Joe Biden Did Not Commute
Tsarnaev was convicted of all 30 charges against him, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction and the ...
Biden takes unprecedented step on death penalty as he prepares to leave office
"I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level," President Joe Biden said ...
Trump responds to inmates with commuted sentences in Christmas Day post
President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to expand federal use of the death penalty, condemns President Joe Biden’s decision ...