Biden commutes sentences of federal death row inmates, ‘striking blow’ to system that has ‘always targeted Black people’
This historic action is consistent with Biden’s efforts to abolish the death penalty but will not include prisoners who committed […]
Three remain on federal death row after Biden commutations: Who are Roof, Bowers, Tsarnaev?
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Robert Bowers and Dylann Roof were the only three prisoners on federal death row whose sentences were not commuted Monday.
President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Biden to commute sentences of nearly all men on federal death row
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly every prisoner on the federal government’s death row, a sweeping decision designed to hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to rapidly resume executions.
Biden commutes sentences for 37 death-row inmates, including Columbus police officer's killer
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates on Monday morning, including a man convicted of killing a Columbus police officer during a 2005 robbery. The 37 people will have their death sentences reclassified from execution to life without parole,
Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump takes office
Biden changes the sentences of 37 of 40 on federal death row to life without parole, saying he was convinced “that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.”
Biden Gives Life in Prison to 37 of 40 Federal Death Row Inmates So Trump Can't Have Them Executed
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment,
‘Waiting list to nowhere’: Homelessness surveys trap Black men on the streets
Experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused.
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Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land taken from white ...
Opioids have been killing the same generation of Black men in Chicago for decades
Black men born 1951-1970 always have had the greatest risk of dying of overdoses, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It's true ...
Joe Biden Pardons Close To 40 People In Largest Single-Day Clemency Act and Black Women Feel A Way
Civil rights activist Angela Rye and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) want President Joe Biden to focus his pardons on Black Americans.
Armstrong Williams: Black leaders must fight for the Black family
Black leaders must turn their focus to taking on the challenges facing Black families, writes Armstrong Williams.