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    Joe Biden’s Moral Wisdom

    The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.
    by Elizabeth Bruenig Dec 23, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty

    This morning, the White House announced that President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole. The historic move came shortly after a batch of pardons and commutations for hundreds of people convicted of nonviolent crimes, as well as Biden’s pardon of his own son. In his official statement, Biden emphasized that “I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss.” But he

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