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Tommy Carcetti

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10. Good on President Biden

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:07 PM

Dec 2024

I honestly wouldn’t have held it against him for commuting the remaining three, despicable as they are, because there is zero purpose for the death penalty.

But that would have probably caused heavy backlash due to the notoriety of those crimes.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] dalton99a Dec 2024 OP

God Bless you Joe! displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #1

Oh, so he doesn't oppose the death penalty. Good to know. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #2

Because of the three still on death row? jimfields33 Dec 2024 #3

The timing is the worst. Two days before Christmas when literally jimfields33 Dec 2024 #4

For Biden as a religious Catholic, this could be in the spirit of Christmas karynnj Dec 2024 #9

I guess that's true. I'm certainly not mad he did it. jimfields33 Dec 2024 #11

Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #12

Bravo! Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #5

Trump will probably do it for the racist, the antisemitic killer, and the one who killed Bostonians displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #6

It is a simple question sarisataka Dec 2024 #7

Biden made it so these three will not be executed, displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #8

What are you talking about? AkFemDem Dec 2024 #13

We will see what happens displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #14

Good on President Biden Tommy Carcetti Dec 2024 #10