BREAKING: Biden Commutes Federal Death Row Sentences

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : There were hints that it was coming, but in a stunning move early Monday morning, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row.
50% : But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.
42% : Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole.
38% : These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.
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35% : President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly all the inmates on federal death row, a move that comes not even two weeks after he went through with the "largest single-day grant of clemency" in American history, the White House announced Monday.
26% : Of the 40 inmates on federal death row, according to DeathPenaltyInfo.org, Biden is commuting 37 men sentenced to death, reclassifying their sentences to life without the possibility of parole.
16% : There has been a moratorium on carrying out federal executions since 2021, and Biden's move is seen as an attempt to prevent the incoming Trump administration from carrying out the executions.

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