Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "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.
41% : The majority of the 40 men held on federal death row are people of color, and 38% are Black, Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, previously told the Guardian.
41% : The legislation is now widely seen as having contributed to mass incarceration, particularly affecting Black men, and many of those currently on death row were sentenced under its provisions.
37% : Pope Francis publicly offered a prayer for those on federal death row, urging Biden to extend mercy to them.
34% : "Related: After Biden pardoned his son, advocates call on him to grant clemency for othersIt is the highest number of death sentences commuted by any president in the modern era.
28% : Under Trump, more people incarcerated in the federal system were put to death than under the previous 10 presidents combined.
24% : The Biden administration duly imposed a moratorium on federal executions.
10% : The decision follows mounting pressure from campaigners who warned that the president-elect, Donald Trump, backs the death penalty and restarted federal executions during his first term after a 17-year hiatus.

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