President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, reducing their punishment to life imprisonment without parole.
His move leaves only three people still facing execution on federal charges: Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, and Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter Robert Bowers.
Biden said the decision aligns with his administration’s moratorium on federal executions and aims to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from resuming capital punishment.
Trump’s team condemned Biden’s decision, calling it “abhorrent” and a “slap in the face” to victims and their families.
