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The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof.
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In total, Biden commuted 37 out of 40 death sentences to life without the possibility of parole. The group Human Rights Dallas said the president should grant clemency to all 40.
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With just weeks left in office, US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates - potentially thwarting President-elect Donald Trump's plans to expand federal executions during his upcoming administration.
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Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Robert Bowers, who killed 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue, were among those whose death penalties were not commuted.
Oklahoma man taken off death row as Biden commutes death sentences for 37 federal inmates
Biden's commutations leave three men on death row: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who carried out the Boston Marathon Bombing, Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pennsylvania, and Dylann Roof, who targeted and killed nine Black members of a church in South Carolina in 2015.
President Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 people on federal death row
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row, stating he wanted to ensure a fair and effective justice system.
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Of the 40 prisoners that remained on federal death row, Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 to life without the possibility of parole.
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Biden changes the sentences of 37 of 40 on federal death row to life without parole, saying he was convinced “that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.”
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