Upon taking office, President Biden announced that 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row will face life in prison instead of execution, reaffirming a moratorium on federal executions.
I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss... I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.
Biden's administration imposed a moratorium on most federal executions, emphasizing that these commutations align with that moratorium, except in terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder cases.
The announcement comes just weeks before Donald Trump's second term begins, a president who regularly called for the death penalty for undocumented migrants who commit violent crimes.
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