President Biden commutes sentences of most federal death row inmates
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he was commuting the sentences of nearly every inmate on federal death row, a move meant to stop President-elect Donald Trump from restarting stalled executions
"In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted," Biden said in a statement Monday.
The move impacts the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners, in keeping with a moratorium his administration imposed on executions. The 37 now face sentences of life without parole. The moratorium excludes people convicted of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.
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