North Texas drug dealer convicted of 3 murders has death sentence commuted by Pres. Biden
A North Texas drug dealer convicted of killing three people was among those on federal death row that had their sentences commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden on Monday.
Biden commutes sentence for Iowa man convicted for meth distribution in 2016
An Iowa man is one of thousands of people to be pardoned or have their sentence commuted by President Joe Biden in his final days in office. Austin Bertch pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 2016 after an investigation into a drug trafficking network. He was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.
Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates
Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 civil and human rights groups penned a letter to the president in early December calling on him to commute the sentences of "all individuals on federal death row."
Full List of Death Row Sentences Joe Biden Commuted
Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said.
Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row
President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.
Kaboni Savage: President Biden commutes death sentence of Philadelphia drug kingpin
A Philadelphia criminal convicted of masterminding a dozen murders, including a devastating house fire that killed four children two decades ago, was just granted life in prison by President Joe Biden.
As Biden commutes death row sentences, how Trump plans to expand executions
Over the course of his election campaign, Trump vowed to resume federal executions and make more people eligible to receive the death penalty, including those convicted of raping children or drug and human-trafficking cases, as well as migrants who kill US citizens or police officers.
Biden death row commutations include six men convicted in Virginia
Of 37 federal prisoners whose punishments were reduced to life in prison, two committed murders in Northern Virginia and four killed people elsewhere in the state.
Biden commutes death sentence for Philadelphia drug lord who killed 12 people, including children
President Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, including a Philadelphia drug lord who was convicted of killing a dozen people.
Two Palm Beach County men among 37 federal death row inmates commuted by Biden on Monday
President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez, convicted in the 2006 murders of two boys and their parents.
President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on ...
Joe Biden commuted sentence in case of LSD lab found at Kansas missile silo
President Joe Biden's 1,499 commutations include the 2000 drug bust of an LSD lab at a former Atlas nuclear missile silo near ...
Joe Biden’s inconsistent commutations: Hate is a crime, but apparently not for all | Opinion
The president stated that the commutations are consistent with the moratorium his administration has imposed on federal ...
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President Joe Biden has pardoned his son– but what about my child?
Parents across America grapple with the question of their child's well-being. President Biden's pardon of his son sparks a ...
Trump team calls Biden’s commutations ‘slap in the face’ to victims of their crimes
In the final months of his first term, President-elect Donald Trump oversaw the execution of 13 death row inmates.
Biden rule protecting privacy for abortions likely unlawful, judge rules
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas ruled that Democratic President Joe Biden's administration likely ...
Biden pardoned son while leaving hundreds seeking clemency in limbo
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House ...
The wildest Christmas pardons and clemency orders Biden handed out
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of approximately 1,500 prisoners and pardoned another 39 citizens in early ...