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Today — 24 December 2024Main stream
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Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions

23 December 2024 at 18:01
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 death row.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

President Biden said the commutations were consistent with the standard he has imposed for halting executions “in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.”
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