Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates -- except three mass killers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "[G]uided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level," Biden said.
23% : In a statement, Biden, who has overseen a moratorium on federal executions even as federal prosecutors continue to seek the death penalty, cast the move as an act of mercy.

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