Biden Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : " For his part, AP notes Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, has spoken frequently of expanding executions.
44% : As Breitbart News previously reported, at the beginning of December, Pope Francis called for people to pray "for those on death row in the United States," and that the inmates' "sentences may be commuted."
42% : Robert Bowers, who killed 11 Jewish worshippers during a 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, will also remain on death row.
41% : "Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole.
39% : " The three inmates who will remain on federal death row include Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who helped carry out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and Dylann Roof, who in 2015 shot and killed nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina.
38% : These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.
36% : " He later promised to execute drug and human smugglers while during his first term as president, Trump also advocated for the death penalty for drug dealers.
31% : President Joe Biden has acted 28 days before he leaves office to commute the sentences of 37 of 40 individuals on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment.
29% : In a speech announcing his 2024 campaign, Trump called for those "caught selling drugs to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts.

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