The DOJ said that while not only are commutations legal, the president additionally has the authority to decide commutations.
The requests of two prisoners who have taken the unusual step of asking a federal judge to nullify their death row ...
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Two federal prisoners who are among 37 inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by Biden say they are refusing ...
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.
I was one of the religious leaders behind the scenes urging President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of people on federal ...
In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...
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Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis argued that President Joe Biden’s commutations hinder their chance of appeal as they seek to prove their innocence.
President Biden’s commutations of 37 of America’s most dangerous people should not serve as a death sentence for justice reform. President -elect Trump can again distinguish himself as a President who ...
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.