Squad members Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush urge Biden to commute the sentence of EVERY death row inmate as they rip Trump s cruel execution spree
A group of 35 Democrats led by Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush is urging President Biden to commute the sentence of death row inmates
They wrote a letter to Biden on Friday in which they asked him to take all 49 federal inmates off death row You can ensure that there would be no one left on death row to kill, it said
In the three-page letter, the group also blasted Trump s execution spree
His administration lifted a moratorium on federal executions and 13 people were put to death while he was in office
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Jan 14, 2021 12:19 PM EST
The death penalty is the last sentence anyone would want to get for crimes committed and essentially state-sanctioned execution for the worst criminals. In recent months, these federal executions have been battles between conservatives and liberals.
In 2020, federal executions that have been dormant for 17 years had resumed, which is opposed by those involved in civil rights.
Facts about capital punishment
All states have laws and rules that apply to those with death as the final judgment of their crimes. Federal executions are the last stage of due process when the death is sentence applicable to the criminal. Take note that all states have particular laws that differ from others.
The Justice Department, under Attorney General Bill Barr, has killed 10 federal inmates since July
They plan to execute three more before Joe Biden s inauguration next month
Court documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the Trump administration is rushing to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II
Among details included in court records are that private executioners have been paid in cash and drugs have been purchased from a secret pharmacy
One execution has gone ahead while an appeal was still pending and an inmate was left strapped to a gurney while lawyers tried to remove a court order
The Donald Trump administration will see three more federal executions take place before Trump leaves office, after two recent executions which many found to be a shocking precedent for a lame-duck president. Reporter Wesley Lowery joins Tiffany Cross to discuss. Watch via the player above.
Here’s more info on federal executions via Time:
The U.S. Department of Justice executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard Thursday evening, despite vocal pushback from numerous advocates and high-profile figures. Fifty-six-year-old Alfred Bourgeois was executed Friday, bringing the total number of people executed by the federal government since July up to 10 the highest in a single year since 1896.