Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates

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37 out of 40 convicts in federal prisons, sentenced to the death penalty, will now be given the chance to live out their lives in prison, thanks to a new move by Joe Biden.

Biden said he was guided by his conscience and other things. He said we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.

More than 130 civil and human rights groups penned a letter to the president in early December calling on him to commute the sentences of "all individuals on federal death row."
"The only irreversible action you can take to prevent President-elect Trump from renewing his execution spree, as he has vowed to do, is commuting the death sentences of those on federal death row now. Your ability to change the course of the death penalty in the United States will be a defining, legacy-building moment in American history,"
the letter said.

Also urging Biden was Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. Coons, a close confidant of Biden, who said that he had urged the president to take action, to take away the the penalty to dozens of death row inmates. Coons said "it says domestically and to the world about our values if we were to go ahead and execute all of these individuals, rather than have them spend the rest of life in prison."

So now having hear from Biden, 130 civil and human rights groups, an Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del let's see what USMB members have to say about this rather extreme action by Joe Biden.
Yay or Nay ?


 
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Good move by our President.
Ruins Trumps Christmas
 
Killing babies in the womb is fine with Biden, but killing killers? THAT's where he draws the line.
He is beneath contempt.
And I'm sure he is not finished with the outrages.

This is Joe's version of Shock & Awe.
  • We were in shock that he ever got elected.
  • We are in awe that he is finally leaving.
  • We are in shock at the pardons he is putting out there now.
  • But we are in awe that we're even surprised and that no one in the media nor democrat party seems to notice, care or even mind.
 
Good move by our President.
Ruins Trumps Christmas

Look what these animals did. And you celebrate that? They shouldnt have been living this long. Considering what they put thier victims through. They should have been man enough to die for what they did.
What Biden did really adds nothing to society.



Among those getting some holiday cheer is Thomas Sanders, who in 2010 kidnapped and then shot 12-year-old Lexis Roberts four times and cut her throat in Louisiana — days after the girl watched as Sanders murdered her mother on a road trip near the Grand Canyon.

Lexis Roberts was killed by Thomas Steven Sanders on Sept. 8, 2010.7
Lexis Roberts was killed by Thomas Steven Sanders on Sept. 8, 2010.Find a grave
Christmas also came early for Anthony Battle, who murdered an Atlanta prison guard with a hammer in 1994 while serving a life sentence for raping and murdering his wife, a US Marine, in 1987 at Camp Lejeune, NC.

Jorge Avila-Torrez, another clemency recipient, sexually assaulted and stabbed to death two girls — Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9 — who had been riding their bicycles in their neighborhood in a suburb north of Chicago in 2005.

Four years later, he strangled naval officer Amanda Snell, 20, inside her barrack in Arlington, Va.

Krystal Tobias, 9, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 2005.7
Krystal Tobias, 9, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 2005.Zion Police Department
Laura Hobbs, 8, killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 20057
Laura Hobbs, 8, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 2005.Zion Police Department
Amanda Snell, 20, killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on  July 11, 2009 7
Amanda Snell, 20, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on July 11, 2009.
 
Look what these animals did. And you celebrate that? They shouldnt have been living this long. Considering what they put thier victims through. They should have been man enough to die for what they did.
What Biden did really adds nothing to society.



Among those getting some holiday cheer is Thomas Sanders, who in 2010 kidnapped and then shot 12-year-old Lexis Roberts four times and cut her throat in Louisiana — days after the girl watched as Sanders murdered her mother on a road trip near the Grand Canyon.

Lexis Roberts was killed by Thomas Steven Sanders on Sept. 8, 2010.7
Lexis Roberts was killed by Thomas Steven Sanders on Sept. 8, 2010.Find a grave
Christmas also came early for Anthony Battle, who murdered an Atlanta prison guard with a hammer in 1994 while serving a life sentence for raping and murdering his wife, a US Marine, in 1987 at Camp Lejeune, NC.

Jorge Avila-Torrez, another clemency recipient, sexually assaulted and stabbed to death two girls — Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9 — who had been riding their bicycles in their neighborhood in a suburb north of Chicago in 2005.

Four years later, he strangled naval officer Amanda Snell, 20, inside her barrack in Arlington, Va.

Krystal Tobias, 9, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 2005.7
Krystal Tobias, 9, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 2005.Zion Police Department
Laura Hobbs, 8, killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 20057
Laura Hobbs, 8, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on May 8, 2005.Zion Police Department
Amanda Snell, 20, killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on  July 11, 2009 7
Amanda Snell, 20, was killed by Jorge Avila Torrez on July 11, 2009.
That is horrible

Send them to prison for life like most civilized countries do
 
37 out of 40 convicts in federal prisons, sentenced to the death penalty, will now be given the chance to live out their lives in prison, thanks to a new move by Joe Biden.

Biden said he was guided by his conscience and other things. He said we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.

More than 130 civil and human rights groups penned a letter to the president in early December calling on him to commute the sentences of "all individuals on federal death row."
"The only irreversible action you can take to prevent President-elect Trump from renewing his execution spree, as he has vowed to do, is commuting the death sentences of those on federal death row now. Your ability to change the course of the death penalty in the United States will be a defining, legacy-building moment in American history,"
the letter said.

Also urging Biden was Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. Coons, a close confidant of Biden, who said that he had urged the president to take action, to take away the the penalty to dozens of death row inmates. Coons said "it says domestically and to the world about our values if we were to go ahead and execute all of these individuals, rather than have them spend the rest of life in prison."

So now having hear from Biden, 130 civil and human rights groups, an Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del let's see what USMB members have to say about this rather extreme action by Joe Biden.
Yay or Nay ?


The fate of a convict should be decided by the victims family.
 
This is Joe's version of Shock & Awe.
  • We were in shock that he ever got elected.
  • We are in awe that he is finally leaving.
  • We are in shock at the pardons he is putting out there now.
  • But we are in awe that we're even surprised and that no one in the media nor democrat party seems to notice, care or even mind.
They notice. They know this a subject that they can't discuss, because they are 100% on the wrong & very dangerous side of it.
Irresponsible to the point of getting people killed.
 
They notice. They know this a subject that they can't discuss, because they are 100% on the wrong & very dangerous side of it.
Irresponsible to the point of getting people killed.

Guns kill 40,000 Americans a year
We really don’t care
 
Guns kill 40,000 Americans a year
We really don’t care
If you don't care, then what's the objection to the death penalty ?
Nope
Most of the civilized world does it like that

Executions are Barbaric
I guess it's about time you got clued in to the 6 ton elephant in the room you seem to have missed.

EARTH to RW: thousands of people are dead right now, only because their killers were not executed for their previous killings.
Allowing killers to remain alive, gives them the capability to KILL AGAIN. You don't get that ? You're willing to gamble with the lives of fellow inmates, guards, prison employees, people outside the prison, if the killer is released or escapes ?
 
Nope
Most of the civilized world does it like that

Executions are Barbaric



Nope, when you do a crime so bad,

- there needs to be a deterent for others

- you need to not be allowed to kill again, which has happened many times after someones first conviction for murder,
and allowing there to be more victims IS BARBARIC

- someone who brutally murders other people without compassion, need to own up to their wrong, be a man or woman about it and accept the death penalty. Its personal responsibility.
 
Nope, when you do a crime so bad,

- there needs to be a deterent for others

- you need to not be allowed to kill again, which has happened many times after someones first conviction for murder,
and allowing there to be more victims IS BARBARIC

- someone who brutally murders other people without compassion, need to own up to their wrong, be a man or woman about it and accept the death penalty. Its personal responsibility.
It doesn’t work in real life

States like Texas and Oklahoma execute more than anyone in the free world
They still have some of the highest murder rates

Executions satisfy the Blood Lust of fundamentalist Christians
 

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