The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has applauded President Biden for commuting the federal death sentences of 37 inmates, even as some Democrats have condemned the president’s actions. 



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Praise and outrage follow Biden’s decision to commute federal death row sentences

President-elect Donald Trump has made clear he intends to seek more executions when he returns to office, something President Joe Biden has been outspoken against. Now, as Biden faces pressure from advocacy groups to grant clemency to all 40 inmates on death row before he leaves office, the families of victims are speaking out.

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‘A slap in the face’: Families call on Biden not to grant clemency to death row inmate

President Biden helped Christmas come early for 37 men on federal death row when he commuted their sentences to life without parole, many of them put there for the most heinous crimes.

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By Lauren Mascarenhas and Javon Huynh, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s taking 37 people off federal death row resulted in praise from some families and deep disappointment from others. The 37 inmates impacted by the decision, whose crimes include murders tied to drug trafficking and the killings of prison guards or other inmates, will instead serve life sentences. “Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for t…

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Pressley, 50, described the 82-year-old commander in chief’s decision to spare dozens of convicted murderers and rapists from death as a “historic and groundbreaking act of compassion that will save lives, address the deep racial disparities in our criminal legal system, and send a powerful message about redemption, decency, and humanity.”

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The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has applauded President Biden for commuting the federal death sentences of 37 inmates, even as some Democrats have condemned the president’s actions.  The CBC has advocated against the use of capital punishment at the federal level, in part because of the racial disparities in its employment, Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), outgoing…

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Congressional Black Caucus applauds Biden’s death row clemency

Fading from public view as President-elect Donald Trump increasingly wields the bully pulpit, Biden started Christmas week off by commuting the death sentences of 37 of the 40 convicts awaiting execution at the federal level on Monday. It was part of a wave of commutations and pardons issued by the outgoing president since a sweeping... The post Biden keeps up with controversial acts of clemency while otherwise fading from view appeared first on…

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Boston Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley praised President Joe Biden’s move to take killers off death row but added he hasn’t gone far enough. In a statement that has gone viral, Pressley said Biden has made a “groundbreaking act” that was long overdue. “The death penalty is a racist, flawed, and fundamentally unjust punishment that has no place in any society,” Pressley said in a statement. For far too long, it has been disproportionately weaponize…

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Pressley praises Biden’s death row commutations, urges more action

Three people remain on federal death row after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 inmates to life in prison.

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