Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office
Source: CNN Politics
Published 5:00 AM EST, Mon December 23, 2024
CNN President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution when President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.
Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole, Biden announced in a statement released Monday.
Notably, the president did not commute the sentences of three people whose crimes included mass shootings or acts of terrorism: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of two brothers responsible for the deadly Boston Marathon bombing in 2013; Dylann Roof, a White nationalist who massacred nine people at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Robert Bowers, who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburghs Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018.
These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder, Biden said, referring to his Justice Departments halt on federal executions. The majority of the 37 individuals whose sentences were commuted Monday were convicted for less high-profile offenses, such as murders tied to drug trafficking or the killings of prison guards or other inmates.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics/biden-federal-death-row-trump/index.html
Link to White House FACT SHEET - FACT SHEET: President Biden Commutes the Sentences of 37 Individuals on Death Row
benfranklin1776
(6,598 posts)Thank you President Biden for doing the right thing.
Henry203
(176 posts)Dylan Roof.
JT45242
(2,991 posts)Then appoint him to subcabinet positions in homeland security.
Only half joking.
Because as far as mango Mussolini is concerned, he was protecting the homeland.
COL Mustard
(6,977 posts)No President can pardon for those.
JT45242
(2,991 posts)Did they give roof the death sentence in state court?
Old Crank
(4,878 posts)Trump would have tried to make the executions a public spectacle.
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Demovictory9
(33,961 posts)Biophilic
(4,985 posts)Thank you, President Joe Biden for continuing to demonstrate what a decent human being with morals and ethics does.
Jack Valentino
(1,510 posts)NotHardly
(1,363 posts)question everything
(49,077 posts)Prairie Gates
(3,568 posts)Should have done all 40, but we'll take what we can get.
Eric J in MN
(35,621 posts)NT
C0RI0LANUS
(1,843 posts)And mad-as-a-hatter cuckoo bird Margarine Tinted Goon called murderer Derrick Chauvin a "political prisoner" who should be immediately released. If Trumpf pardons him, Minnesota will have to imprison Chauvin on state charges.
Source:
https://www.econotimes.com/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-Calls-Derek-Chauvin-a-Political-Prisoner-and-Demands-His-Release-1697585
iluvtennis
(20,947 posts)jgmiller
(448 posts)Besides being the right thing to do it will also prevent Trump from satiating his blood lust. Him and Patel won't be able to get any new inmates to execute during the next 4 years.
Of course the 3 remaining death row inmates will be executed by April or May I'm sure.