Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6T3X1)
The clemency action applies to all federal death row inmates except three convicted of terrorism or hate-motivated mass murder
Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, changing their punishment to life imprisonment without parole.
The decision follows mounting pressure from campaigners who warned that the president-elect, Donald Trump, backs the death penalty and restarted federal executions during his first term after a 17-year hiatus.
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