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 ... Read More

Joe Biden’s Moral Wisdom

The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move. Read More

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 federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals. Read More

Biden commutes dozens of death row sentences to life without parole

The sentences of 37 of the 40 federal inmates on death row will be reclassified to life without the possibility of parole, the White House said. Read More

President Biden and first lady to debut AIDS Memorial Quilt on the White House South Lawn

President Joe Biden commemorates World AIDS Day and launches the National HIV/AIDS Strategy at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, 2021. Bloomberg via Getty Images The White House said in ... Read More

President Joe Biden reacts to the death of ‘literary legend’ Nikki Giovanni

The 46th president praised the late Giovanni as a “pioneering poet of the Black Arts Movement and the Civil Rights […] ... Read More

President Biden commutes sentences of most federal death row inmates

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of all but three inmates on federal death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Read More