BREAKING: President Biden commutes 37 federal death sentences, making history and preventing executions of innocent people. A bold step for justice, dignity, and redemption. #CommuteTheRow
Innocent? Based on what?
The only Death Penalties he didn’t commute were those likely the result of radicalization and mental illness.
It occurs to me that just as states crafted laws to challenge the 1973 Roe & Doe decisions, red states must craft laws to similarly dismantle the 1976 SCOTUS holdings that state mandatory capital punishment laws are unconstitutional. I feel confident SCOTUS is ready to restore the Founder's jurisprudence of originalism and find the 1976 rulings no longer tenable if given an opportunity.
Thank you Michele, for all your post and caring!
This means these individuals can now be moved to general population and no longer have to be segregated from others at their institutions. This alone is a meaningful step twords humane treatment. Thank you President Biden!
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3moI wish he had commuted all 40 but this is a just result for the 37.