Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens.
Meet the Death Row Prisoners Who Will Escape Capital Punishment Thanks to Biden
Biden offered mercy to 37 of the 40 murderers on death row — some of whom abducted and sexually assaulted their victims before killing them.
Trump says Biden commuting death-row sentences 'devastating' to families, will pursue death penalty
The move by Biden, who has just weeks left in office before Trump takes over as president, protects the 37 from capital punishment, of which Trump is a proponent.
Trump criticises Biden's death row decisions - saying he backs capital punishment for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters'
Mr Trump was responding to President Joe Biden's decision to reduce the sentences of almost all federal inmates on death row to life imprisonment - whom Mr Trump called "37 of the worst killers in our country".
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.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals.
Readers disagree with Biden’s decision to commute 37 death row sentences. Here’s why.
If [Biden] disapproved of the applicable federal law, he should have tried to change it democratically – not swept it aside,” one respondent said.
Biden Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates
The move prevents President-elect Donald Trump from executing most men on federal death row.
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.
Most death-row inmates who received a reprieve from Biden are housed in Indiana prison
President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row. The majority of them are held in Terre Haute.
Trump Plans to Seek Death Penalty 'Vigorously' in Federal Cases
President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to order the Justice Department to expand its pursuit of capital punishment for ...
‘Squad’ Rep. Ayanna Pressley praises Biden for controversial commutations: ‘Death penalty is racist’
Pressley, 50, described the 82-year-old commander in chief’s decision to spare dozens of convicted murderers and rapists from ...
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Utah was 1 of 3 states to resume executions in 2024 after lengthy hiatus, report finds
Honie, 48, was the first death row inmate executed in Utah in 14 years. His lethal injection made Utah one of three states to ...
Michigan was 1st state to outlaw death penalty
President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Michigan's only prisoner on death row federally. The state has long outlawed the ...
Capital Punishment: Ben Stiller’s forgotten 1980s avant-garde punk band
Long before Ben Stiller was making a name for himself in Hollywood, he was creating potentially groundbreaking music.
Biden Just Made a Huge Defensive Move Against Trump. It’s What He Didn’t Do That’s Telling.
President-elect Trump took issue with fees charged to use the Panama Canal, a vital shipping route, on Saturday night, ...
Joe Biden's justifiable mercy
Indeed, the essential legacy of Anglo-American clemency power is mercy — the executive (royal) prerogative to sand down the ...