Japan's "Black Widow" death row inmate dies at 78

Japanese death-row inmate Chisako Kakehi, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention center at age 78, officials say,

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Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports broadcasting legend, dies at 78

Greg Gumbel, the renowned CBS Sports anchor and commentator, has died of cancer at the age of 78.
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Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies of cancer at 78

Greg Gumbel, a veteran of CBS Sports who spent more than 50 years in sports broadcasting, has died of cancer at the age of 78, his family said Friday.
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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 ...
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Congressional Black Caucus applauds Biden’s death row clemency

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has applauded President Biden for commuting the federal death sentences of 37 inmates, even as some Democrats have condemned the president’s actions. The CBC ...
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The Three Death Row Prisoners Biden Chose Not to Spare

President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row but declined to save the lives of three men convicted of “hate-motivated mass murder” or “terrorism.”
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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

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Japan's "Black Widow" death row inmate dies at 78

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Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports broadcasting legend, dies at 78

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies of cancer at 78

Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates

Congressional Black Caucus applauds Biden’s death row clemency

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House Democrat criticizes Biden's death row commutations

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