Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates

With less than a month to go in his term, President Biden granted executive clemency to 37 of the country's 40 federal death row inmates. The move reduces their sentences to life without the possibility of parole and makes them immune to President-elect Trump's promise to resume federal executions. Ed O'Keefe has more.

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Who are the 3 federal death row inmates whose sentences Biden didn't commute?

President Biden left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof.
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Biden’s death row commutations draws chorus of mixed reactions

A chorus of supporters and critics have emerged following the commutation of nearly every federal death row inmate by President Biden, whose decision came at a time when he’s trying to frame a ...
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President-elect Trump’s team slammed President Biden’s decision Monday to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, calling the move “abhorrent” and a “slap in the face.” “These are ...
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Why Biden didn't commute 3 federal death row sentences

President Biden commuted the sentences for 37 of the 40 federal inmates on death row. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe breaks down why the president opted not to ...
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Biden did the right thing granting clemency to 37 federal death row inmates

President Biden is urged to commute all federal death sentences to life in prison in order to keep his promise as the first president to oppose capital punishment and secure his legacy as a ...
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House Democrat criticizes Biden's death row commutations

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) criticized President Biden’s decision on Monday to commute the sentences of 37 people on federal death row, saying courts must have “autonomy.” “I have real concerns ...
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Who are the 3 federal death row inmates whose sentences Biden didn't commute?

President Biden left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof.
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These 3 federal death row inmates were not on Biden's commutation list

President Biden gave commutations of sentences to 37 people on federal death row Monday. Those who received the Monday commutations of their sentences saw them go from execution to life with no ...
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Biden drops death sentences for 37 out of 40 prisoners

The president condemns the murderers but says the death penalty at federal level "must stop".
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Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates

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