Gate.io 12/23 News: According to foreign media reports, on the occasion of the departure of US President Biden, he granted clemency to 37 of the 40 federal prisoners facing the death penalty. Their sentences will be reduced to life imprisonment without parole. The three prisoners who did not receive clemency are the perpetrator of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the gunman of the Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, and the surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombing. Although the president's power to commute and pardon is widely protected by the constitution and cannot be revoked, this announcement is bound to provoke partisan controversy. The US Department of Justice suspended the execution of the death penalty in 2021 in order to review relevant policies and procedures. President-elect Trump had stated that he would resume executions and may even attempt to broaden the scope of crimes eligible for the death penalty.
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Gate.io 12/23 News: According to foreign media reports, on the occasion of the departure of US President Biden, he granted clemency to 37 of the 40 federal prisoners facing the death penalty. Their sentences will be reduced to life imprisonment without parole. The three prisoners who did not receive clemency are the perpetrator of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the gunman of the Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, and the surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombing. Although the president's power to commute and pardon is widely protected by the constitution and cannot be revoked, this announcement is bound to provoke partisan controversy. The US Department of Justice suspended the execution of the death penalty in 2021 in order to review relevant policies and procedures. President-elect Trump had stated that he would resume executions and may even attempt to broaden the scope of crimes eligible for the death penalty.