signalmankenneth
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Who remains on federal death row?
Biden commuted sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals who were on federal death row, excluding three people who were sentenced for terrorism or hate-motivated mass murder.The three men whose sentences were not commuted were Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 people; Robert Bowers, convicted in the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead; and Dylann Roof, who was convicted in the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina, mass shooting at Mother Emanuel African American church that left nine dead.
Why did Biden commute the sentences?
When Biden took office, he imposed a moratorium on federal executions. The commutation of the 37 sentences will prevent President-elect Donald Trump from resuming executions for individuals that would not have been carried out under the current administration’s policy. During Trump’s first term, 13 federal executions took place, the first federal executions in 17 years, according to USA TODAY.https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-commutes-sentences-most-federal-151220009.html
I'm glad Biden left Dylann Roof on death row, I wonder if Trump will execute him?