Biden commutes death sentence for Philadelphia drug lord who killed 12 people, including children
President Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, including a Philadelphia drug lord who was convicted of killing a dozen people.
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.
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.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can’t have them executed
Mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office, President Joe Biden is commuting
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."
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump,
Biden gives life in prison to most federal death row inmates: What to know
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment.
Kaboni Savage: President Biden commutes death sentence of Philadelphia drug kingpin
A Philadelphia criminal convicted of masterminding a dozen murders, including a devastating house fire that killed four children two decades ago, was just granted life in prison by President Joe Biden.
Joe Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Donald Trump can resume executions
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Robert Bowers, who killed 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue, were among those whose death penalties were not commuted.
President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump takes office
Biden changes the sentences of 37 of 40 on federal death row to life without parole, saying he was convinced “that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.”
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Joe Biden’s inconsistent commutations: Hate is a crime, but apparently not for all | Opinion
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