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Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row - World News

Hürriyet Daily News

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Trump's statement on his social media platform Truth Social comes one day after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole.
The Gazette
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Presidents historically have no involvement in dictating or recommending the punishments that federal prosecutors seek for defendants in criminal cases, though Trump has long sought more direct control over the Justice Department's operations.
Le Monde
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Biden's move to reclassify the death sentences to life without the possibility of parole was heavily criticized by Republicans and many Democrats.
Fox News
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Those three are for Robert Bowers, convicted for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue; Dylann Roof, convicted of the shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME church; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for the Boston Marathon bombing.
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