Calls Grow for Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Era Returns

As President Biden's term nears its end, there is a renewed call for him to commute all federal death sentences to life imprisonment, aligning with the longstanding opposition of the U.S. Catholic bishops and Pope Francis's stance against capital punishment. This action would spare the lives of 40 men on federal death row and advance human dignity by addressing concerns about the death penalty's fairness, potential for error, and its impact on rehabilitation.