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Reason
C.J. Ciaramella

Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Clear Federal Death Row and Issue More Commutations After Pardoning His Son

A broad array of advocacy organizations and religious groups—including the Vatican—are urging President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of several groups of federal prisoners before he leaves office, such as death row inmates, marijuana offenders, and women who were sexually assaulted in federal prisons.

Biden issued a broad pardon to his son Hunter last week, leading clemency experts and civil liberties groups to ask the obvious question.

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