President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Biden grants clemency to man facing death penalty for 1996 Roanoke murder
A man facing the death penalty for a Roanoke murder has been granted clemency. President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of 37 people on death row Monday. One of them is 23-year-old Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette,
'Squad' Dem applauds Biden for sparing murderers from 'racist' death penalty in 11th-hour clemency move
House Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley is among the left-wing lawmakers praising President Biden's decision to commute 37 federal death row inmates' sentences.
President Biden grants clemency to nearly all federal death row inmates
Three people remain on federal death row after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 inmates to life in prison without parole.
Biden death row commutations include six men convicted in Virginia
Of 37 federal prisoners whose punishments were reduced to life in prison, two committed murders in Northern Virginia and four killed people elsewhere in the state.
'A mistake': Biden faces backlash upon commuting sentences of death row inmates
President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 death row inmates ignited a fierce debate about the morality of executions.
In commuting death sentences, Biden is a strong counter to Trump
Recent polling shows support for the death penalty at a five-decade low, and half of the population thinks the death penalty is applied unfairly.
Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
Donald Trump criticized President Biden's decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole
Biden keeps up with controversial acts of clemency while otherwise fading from view
President Joe Biden is leaning heavily into his clemency powers in the waning days of his term, using a tool only available ...
Kentucky fen-phen attorney who bilked clients out of millions granted clemency by Biden
Disbarred Lexington attorney William Gallion was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2009 for his role in defrauding his ...
Fact Check: Biden granted clemency to 3 Chinese citizens as part of prisoner swap
U.S. President Joe Biden granted clemency to three Chinese citizens in November 2024 as part of a prisoner swap with China, ...
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Cooper pardons Haywood County man, plans more acts of clemency before end of year
“All of these individuals are deserving of clemency and we will continue to work to protect our communities and improve the ...
Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people ...
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Seven Texans facing federal execution given clemency, four others given state pardons
On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of ...
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev excluded from Biden's clemency for death row inmates
The Boston Marathon bomber is not among the federal death row inmates to have their sentences commuted by President Biden.
Biden pardoned son while leaving hundreds seeking clemency in limbo
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House ...
Governors should expand Biden’s clemency to address the failures of mass incarceration
Gov. Josh Shapiro and his counterparts in other states must join the president in expanding the number of commutations and ...