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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
6 hours, 26 minutes ago

Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Raw Story  

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term. The move leaves only a handful of high-profile killers who acted out of hate or terrorism facing the federal death penalty -- for …

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Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
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7 hours, 29 minutes ago

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he 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, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. While running for president in 2020, Biden's campaign website said he would work to pass legislation …

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Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump term
18 hours, 12 minutes ago

Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump term

Al Jazeera  

White House says 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row will face life in prison instead. United States President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row in his weeks in office before the second term of President-elect Donald Trump. The case has long attracted attention for what Amnesty International has …

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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
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18 hours, 12 minutes ago

Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

New Indian Express  

US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term. With less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death penalty opponents to commute the sentences of those …

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Biden Could Block Another Trump Execution Spree
1 week, 3 days ago

Biden Could Block Another Trump Execution Spree

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING During his final six months as president, Donald Trump’s administration carried out an unprecedented execution spree, killing 13 people. With the stroke of a pen, Biden could commute every federal death sentence to life in prison and block the incoming Trump administration from carrying out its stated mass killing agenda. At the same time, Justice Department lawyers …

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Before it is too late Biden must turn words into deeds on the death penalty
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Before it is too late Biden must turn words into deeds on the death penalty

Salon  

In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, opponents of the death penalty are mounting a campaign to convince President Biden to commute the sentences of everyone on federal death row. José Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and president of the conference warned that “Our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten …

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Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy
54 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy

Slate  

There are 40 men on federal death row who have been convicted of capital offenses by the federal government going back as far as 1993. Unlike his predecessor, he has not carried out any federal executions, but, as the Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig explains, “neither has he instructed Garland to stop pursuing new death sentences, or to stop defending ongoing capital …

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Trump Second Term 'Mortifies' Family Members Of The Executed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump Second Term 'Mortifies' Family Members Of The Executed

Huff Post  

During the final six months of Donald Trump's presidency, his administration rushed to execute 13 people, ending a 17-year de facto moratorium on federal executions. When they’re showing signs of asphyxiation,” said Vialva’s mother, Lisa Brown, noting evidence that the lethal injection drugs can cause the lungs to fill with fluid, creating the sensation of suffocating or drowning to death. …

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The GOP Plan For Executions If Trump Wins
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The GOP Plan For Executions If Trump Wins

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING During the final six months of Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration carried out an unprecedented execution spree, killing 13 people on federal death row and ending a 17-year de facto federal execution moratorium. “To expand the death penalty would just be a sea change that would affect decades of jurisprudence, and I don’t think there are enough …

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Joe Biden Criticized For Inaction On Death Penalty
1 year, 5 months ago

Joe Biden Criticized For Inaction On Death Penalty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden made history in 2021 when he became the first president to publicly oppose the death penalty. Death penalty abolitionists told HuffPost during the early days of Biden’s presidency they hoped he would use his clemency power to commute the sentences of everyone on federal death row as a failsafe against Congressional inaction. In July …

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What’s the status of the US death penalty?
1 year, 9 months ago

What’s the status of the US death penalty?

Associated Press  

The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended with a split among jurors that means the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in a New York City will be spared. The initial decision to seek the death penalty came under then-President Donald Trump, who tweeted a day after the attack that Saipov “SHOULD GET …

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On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
3 years, 9 months ago

On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Biden hasn’t spoken publicly about capital punishment since taking office four days …

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On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
3 years, 9 months ago

On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — On federal death row, prisoners fling notes on a string under each other’s cell doors and converse through interconnected air ducts. Biden hasn’t spoken publicly about capital punishment since taking office four days after the Trump administration executed the last of 13 inmates at the Terre Haute, Indiana, penitentiary where all federal death row inmates are held. The …

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US executes Lisa Montgomery, only female inmate on federal death row in nearly seven decades
3 years, 11 months ago

US executes Lisa Montgomery, only female inmate on federal death row in nearly seven decades

Firstpost  

Terre Haute: A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the US government has put to death a female inmate. “Everyone who participated in the execution of Lisa Montgomery should feel shame.” “The government stopped at nothing in its zeal …

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Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19
4 years ago

Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A second federal inmate scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday. The diagnosis of Cory Johnson, who was convicted of killing seven people related to his drug trafficking in Virginia, comes a day after attorneys for Dustin John Higgs …

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Second Federal Death Row Prisoner Tests Positive For COVID-19
4 years ago

Second Federal Death Row Prisoner Tests Positive For COVID-19

Huff Post  

At least two men on federal death row have tested positive for COVID-19. Bryan Woolston / Reuters Corey Johnson, a federal death row prisoner who is scheduled to be executed on Jan. 14, has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday. Johnson’s diagnosis will substantially interfere with his attorneys’ ability to have meaningful contact with him during these critical …

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Last US Inmate Scheduled to be Executed Under Trump Admin Tests Positive For Virus
4 years ago

Last US Inmate Scheduled to be Executed Under Trump Admin Tests Positive For Virus

News 18  

A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons notified attorneys for Dustin John Higgs on Thursday that their client had tested positive for the virus, his attorney Devon Porter said during a court hearing Thursday afternoon. Higgs’ diagnosis marks the …

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The Last Man Scheduled To Be Executed By Trump Admin Tests Positive For COVID-19
4 years ago

The Last Man Scheduled To Be Executed By Trump Admin Tests Positive For COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dustin Higgs, the last person scheduled to be executed by the Trump administration, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. Higgs, who is scheduled to be killed by the government on Jan. 15, is the first person incarcerated on federal death row known to test positive for COVID-19, although there have been other cases …

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US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus
4 years ago

US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons notified attorneys for Dustin John Higgs on Thursday that their client had tested positive for the virus, his attorney Devon Porter said during a court hearing Thursday afternoon. Higgs’ diagnosis …

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8th federal execution since July scheduled for Nov. 19
4 years, 2 months ago

8th federal execution since July scheduled for Nov. 19

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A Black death-row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a Texas teenager in 1994 has been scheduled for execution in November, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. If the lethal injection goes ahead as scheduled Nov. 19, Orlando Hall would be the eighth person executed this year as part of the Trump administration’s resumption of federal executions …

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US to execute only Native American on federal death row
4 years, 3 months ago

US to execute only Native American on federal death row

Al Jazeera  

A total of 16 Native Americans have been executed by eight states since 1976, groups tracking capital punishment say. The United States is set to execute Lezmond Mitchell, a convicted murderer and the only Native American on federal death row, on Wednesday, despite opposition from the Navajo Nation, which says the government is infringing tribal sovereignty. The Death Penalty Information …

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