Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates ahead of Trump’s return
FirstpostWith less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death penalty opponents to commute the sentences of those on death row to life in prison without parole, which the 37 will now serve US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House, in Washington, December 8, 2024. With less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death penalty opponents to commute the sentences of those on death row to life in prison without parole, which the 37 will now serve. “I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole,” he said. Trump death penalty expansion Biden campaigned for the White House as an opponent of the death penalty, and the Justice Department issued a moratorium on its use at the federal level after he became president.