What does it mean to commute an execution? Here's what to know after Biden's death row move
President Joe Biden announced he would commute the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. Here's what that means.
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.
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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
Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners
Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.
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.
President Biden commutes sentences of 37 on death row. What it means.
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 people on death row, which means those individuals will have their sentences changed from execution to life without parole, the White House said in a press release on Monday.
In commuting death sentences, Biden is a strong counter to Trump
Recent polling shows support for the death penalty at a five-decade low, and half of the population thinks the death penalty is applied unfairly.
Trump pledges to bring back federal executions after Biden commutes death sentences for 37 inmates
President-elect Trump promised to resume federal executions upon taking office for a second term after a moratorium on the practice.
Biden commuted the death sentences of two California killers. Here's what we know about them
Two San Fernando Valley men, who were sentenced to death over a decade ago for killing five people, have had their sentences commuted to life in prison by President Biden.
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