According to information from the “Wall Street Journal”, the American president is considering transforming the death sentences of the 40 men currently on the federal government's death row into life in prison.
After letting his sensitivity as a father speak when pardoning Hunter, Joe Biden is preparing to let himself be guided by his Catholic fervor. According to the “Wall Street Journal”, the American president would have been sensitive to the prayers of Pope Francis, who called for the commutation of the sentences of American death row inmates, during a telephone exchange between the two men on Thursday, December 19. Joe Biden would have, in the process, decided to transform the sentence of the 40 men currently on the federal government's death row into life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole.
This decision could be announced before Christmas, even though Joe Biden had promised (in vain), during his 2020 campaign, to “work towards the adoption of a law aimed at eliminating the death penalty at the federal level and to encourage states to follow the lead of the federal government.” But some exceptions could be made, on the recommendation of Attorney General Merrick Garland, who opposes commuting the sentence of the Boston Marathon bomber, the man who carried out an attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh , in 2018, as well as the one who killed nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
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Five of his men murdered children
According to Fox News, among those who could have their death sentence commuted to life in prison are a former Marine who killed two young girls and then a female naval officer; Las Vegas man convicted of kidnapping and killing 12-year-old girl; a Chicago podiatrist who fatally shot a patient to prevent her from testifying in a Medicare fraud investigation and two men convicted of a kidnap-for-ransom operation that resulted in the murder of five Russian and Georgian immigrants.
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The “New York Post” speaks of “a handful of notorious killers”, five men having murdered children, nine having massacred fellow prisoners and one having killed a prison guard with a hammer while he was serving time. a life sentence for raping and murdering his wife. The daily also cites Kaboni Savage, who was convicted of committing or ordering the deaths of 12 people, including four children, as a Philadelphia drug trafficker, and Thomas Sanders, who in 2010 kidnapped Lexis Roberts , 12, shot him 4 times and slit his throat, after murdering his mother.
Already on December 12, Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes in “the greatest act of clemency” in the history of American presidents, according to the Associated Press. “America was built on the promise of possibilities and second chances,” the head of state declared at the time. Rejoicing: “As President, it is my great privilege to extend mercy to those who have shown remorse and rehabilitation, to restore the opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and take steps to eliminate sentencing disparities for nonviolent offenders, particularly those convicted of drug offenses. »
