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Evening Standard
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Tamara Davison

Joe Biden commutes death penalty for 37 federal inmates

Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 inmates on federal death row, meaning they’ll be spared execution.

Weeks before the 82-year-old Democratic president hands the White House keys to Donald Trump, Mr Biden has used his remaining time to make a decisive statement against capital punishment.

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