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where she's been serving a 30-year sentence since 1999 on a murder conviction. Murphy said that in the three cases commuting the women's sentences, including Jackson's, that domestic violence was ...

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President Joe Biden’s Monday announcement that he would commute the death sentences of 37 federal inmates should not be seen as an act of mercy for people convicted of awful crimes. It was a ...

The state hasn't executed anyone since ... the sentences of those on death row would reaffirm Governor Cooper’s commitment to fairness and justice, and set a powerful example for the nation.” ...

Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 of the prisoners ... Even if true, this is a non sequitur, since there’s nothing to suggest the handling ... The three-judge panel cited the Supreme ...

President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on ...

He has not commuted any death sentences since taking office. Newsom, who has two years left on his final term as governor, is likely balancing his own opposition to the death penalty with the ...