Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences in Use of Pardon Power
- Clemency move leaves just three inmates on federal death row
- Trump spokesperson calls move ‘slap in the face’ to victims
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President Joe Biden will commute the death sentences of 37 federal prisoners on Monday, using his presidential clemency powers to reduce their sentences to life imprisonment without parole.
Biden’s actions would leave just three inmates on federal death row, according to a roster of pending death sentences from the Death Penalty Information Center.