Joe Biden Mulls Federal Death Row Commutations - FITSNews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : "There's no point having a debate over the efficacy of capital punishment if it is only going to be carried out once a year using the most genteel of methods," I wrote seven years ago in an expansive piece on criminal justice reform.
29% : First reported by Jess Bravin and Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal, the move is reportedly being pushed by attorney general Merrick Garland - although there are three high-profile convicted mass murderers who could remain on death row amidst Biden's contemplated mass clemency.
25% : "These are terrible, terrible, horrible people who are responsible for death, carnage and crime all over the country," Trump said in launching his 2024 bid.
22% : Not only that, Trump is pushing to expand the statutory reach of capital punishment - making child rapists, migrants who kill U.S. citizens or police officers and human traffickers eligible for the ultimate punishment.
20% : Biden's potential commutations would not impact any of the estimated inmates on death row at the state level - including the who currently reside on death row in South Carolina.
18% : Biden is also reportedly considering whether to leave domestic terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on death row.
11% : Under former president Donald Trump, thirteen condemned federal inmates were executed - and Trump has vowed to revive capital punishment in his second term.

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