Biden says he still condemns these murderers, grieves for victims of their despicable acts.

Thomas Sanders was convicted of the 2010 murders of 12-year-old Lexis Roberts and her mother, 31-year-old Suellen Roberts, who also lived in Las Vegas.

By Anita Powell WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of all but three of the 40 people on federal death row, citing his long-standing opposition to capital punishment. By his action, Biden also denies the incoming Trump administration the chance to green-light...

Biden spares all but three men from death row; cites fears Trump will resume capital punishment

US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.

President believes that America must stop use of death penalty at the federal level

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Dylan Roof and Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers are all still getting chaired.

Dec. 23 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row, stating he wanted to ensure a fair and effective justice system.

The move spares the lives of people convicted of killings, including those of police and military officers.

Joe Biden's move will frustrate Donald Trump's plan to resume a rapid pace of executions. Unlike executive orders, clemency decisions cannot be reversed by a president's successor, although the death penalty can be sought more aggressively in future cases.

The move spares the lives of people convicted of killings, including those of police and military officers.

By commuting the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates on Monday, US President Joe Biden leaves very few prisoners on federal death row before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January…

US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to president-elect Donald Trump on 20 January.

President Biden is commuting the sentences for 37 of the 40 convicted murderers on federal death row, reclassifying them to life in prison without parole.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said he was commuting the sentences of nearly every inmate on federal death row, a move meant to stop President-elect Donald Trump from restarting stalled executions. "In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted," Biden said in a statement Monday. The move impacts the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners, in keeping with a moratorium his administration imposed on executions. The 37 now face sentences of life without parole. The moratorium excludes people convicted of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. The list of commutations released by the White House does not include Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 people, or Robert Bowers, convicted in the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead. He also declined to commute the sentence of Dylann Roof, who was convicted in the 2015 Charleston…