Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates in final month of presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : A handful of the men on death row were also set to be executed with their co-defendants.
42% : Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on whether President Biden would consider preemptive pardons on 'Special Report.'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.
37% : The president declared a moratorium on federal executions after taking office in 2021.
35% : Two men were on death row for the murders of witnesses: police officer Len Davis, who ordered the murder of a witness who was part of an investigation into a misconduct complaint against him, and Ronald Mikos, who killed a federal grand jury witness in a Medicare fraud investigation.
33% : "Biden was urged by 28 former corrections officials in a letter to commute sentences on federal death row for the safety of federal correctional professionals who participate in executions.
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.
18% : Edward Fields was on death row for murdering two campers on federal land, while Marvin Gabrion and Richard Jackson were both there for killing a woman on federal land in separate cases.

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