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#POTUS has also faced pressure to help those imprisoned for crimes associated w/crack cocaine who would be free if the drug had been powder cocaine. As a senator, Biden worked on the 1986 legislation that imposed those sentencing disparities. He has since expressed regret for his role.
Rep #AyannaPressley, Democrat of MA, said in an interview this month that choosing not to take action on clemency would pose a political risk for Democrats.
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#POTUS #Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of nearly all prisoners on federal #DeathRow, sparing the lives of 37 men just a month before #Trump will return to the Oval Office w/a promise to restart federal #executions.
Those affected by #Biden’s action, all of whom were convicted of murder, will serve life imprisonment w/o the possibility of parole instead of facing #execution. Only 3 men, who each carried out notorious mass killings, will remain on federal death row.
#POTUS #Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of #Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal #Executions
Those affected by the president’s action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three men will remain on federal #DeathRow.
#DeathPenalty #execution #law
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…Never before has a #POTUS issued mass #pardons of govt ofcls for fear a successor would seek to prosecute them out of…vindictiveness.
But the choices of #PamBondi, fmr FL AG & #Trump surrogate, to run #DOJ & #KashPatel, fmr Trump aide & #FarRight provocateur, to be director of the #FBI have put the issue front & center. Patel has vowed to “come after” Trump’s critics & even published a list of ~60 people he considered “members of the executive branch deep state” as the appendix to a 2023 book.
The discussion of blanket #pardons, reported earlier by Politico, remains primarily at a staff level although #POTUS #Biden has talked about it with senior members of the team…. It comes after Biden pardoned his son Hunter to spare him from prison on gun & tax charges. The White House declined to comment on Thursday.
