13 days ago
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The Biden administration’s confusing, seemingly hypocritical stance on the death penalty is under heavy scrutiny. Joe Biden has said he’s against executions, but his Justice Department is still seeking the death penalty for the Uzbek immigrant. What’s more, according to Robert Dunham of the Death Penalty Information Center, even without a new law, the president could still “end the federal death penalty for a generation” by commuting the sentences of the 44 federal death row inmates to life in prison. “The Biden executions will take place under future administrations, but make no mistake, they will be Biden executions,” Mr Dunham told The Independent. The RBIJ has attracted more than 150 well-known signatories to their Business Leaders Declaration Against the Death Penalty - with The Independent as the latest on the list.
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