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i can't read the article does it say why biden spared 37 killers from execution?
by beanjuiceII 1y ago
i can't read the article does it say why biden spared 37 killers from execution?
- smallerize 1y agoThey weren't pardoned, just commuted to life in prison. https://apnews.com/article/biden-death-row-commutations-trump-executions-f67b5e04453cd1aa6383c516bc14f300 https://apnews.com/article/biden-death-row-commutations-trum... "These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder."
- sigwinch 1y agoHe campaigned on ending the Federal death penalty, because it was cruel and impractical. In particular, toward the end of the previous administration, a rush to execute seemed to lack civil honor or religious circumspection.