Former President Donald Trump sharply criticized President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment, calling it 'senseless' and an insult to victims' families. Trump pledged to vigorously pursue capital punishment upon taking office, vowing to direct the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in cases involving 'violent rapists, murderers, and monsters'.
Trump criticized Biden's decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole.President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to 'vigorously pursue' capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.
Trump criticized Biden's decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole, arguing that it was senseless and insulted the families of their victims. Biden said converting their punishments to life imprisonment was consistent with the moratorium imposed on federal executions in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. 'Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,' he wrote on his social media site. 'When you hear the acts of each, you won't believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can't believe this is happening!' 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. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty 'as soon as I am inaugurated,' but was vague on what specific actions he may take and said they would be in cases of 'violent rapists, murderers, and monsters.' He highlighted the cases of two men who were on federal death row for slaying a woman and a girl, had admitted to killing more and had their sentences commuted by Biden.On the campaign trail, Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty - including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizen
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