Biden commutes sentences for 3 men with SC ties, keeps Charleston church shooter on death row

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : "Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole.
41% : These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder."
39% : The other two inmates who remain on federal death row are Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted alongside his brother in the Boston Marathon bombing; and Robert Bowers, who was convicted of killing 11 people and wounding six in the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.
34% : Brandon Council, who killed Donna Major and Katie Skeen while robbing CresCom Bank, is no longer on death row.
34% : Trump has been an outspoken proponent of the death penalty, having advocated its use for drug and human smugglers during his 2024 presidential campaign.

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