Biden, Death Row

Death Row Inmate 'Overjoyed' at Biden Commuting His Sentence
Rejon Taylor, one of the men on federal death row, has told Newsweek he is "overjoyed and grateful" after his death sentence was commuted by President Joe Biden last week. Taylor was sentenced to death in 2008 for fatally shooting Atlanta restaurant owner Guy Luck in 2003.
Biden brings DEI to death row
President Joe Biden applied DEI to all areas of his administration, but in its waning days, he spared 37 murderers and condemned three based on political criteria.
Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates
Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 civil and human rights groups penned a letter to the president in early December calling on him to commute the sentences of "all individuals on federal death row."
Cooper commutes 15 death row inmates' sentences on last day as governor
On his final day in office Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row. It comes on the heels of a similar decision days earlier by Democratic President Joe Biden,
Wait, What? Convicted KillerFor Presidential Pardon After Biden Commutes Death Row Sentence
Brandon Council, one of the 37 people federal death row whose sentences Joe Biden commuted, has asked to be released from prison.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals.
Former federal prosecutor in death row case speaks on Biden commuting murderer's sentence: 'My heart aches'
Former federal prosecutor Derek Shoemake, who worked a death row case, speaks out on the difficulty of seeing President Biden commute the sentence of a "remorseless murderer."
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without possibility of parole
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences​. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Three remain on federal death row after Biden commutations: Who are Roof, Bowers, Tsarnaev?
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Robert Bowers and Dylann Roof were the only three prisoners on federal death row whose sentences were not commuted Monday.
Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates in final month of presidency
President Biden is commuting the sentences for 37 of the 40 convicted murderers on federal death row, reclassifying them to life in prison without parole.
Manchin Erupts Over Biden Commuting 37 Death Sentences
President Joe Biden's decision to commute the death sentences of 37 federal inmates has ignited widespread criticism, including from Senator Joe Manchin. Among those affected were
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These 3 inmates are still on federal death row after Biden commuted 37 of 40 death sentences
President Biden left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev ...
Biden commutes sentences of most federal death row inmates: What to know
The commutations affected 37 individuals on federal death row. Their sentences were reduced to life in prison without the ...