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parole, sparing each of the 37 men from the highly controversial practice of the death penalty . Meanwhile, three other men — Robert Bowers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof — who were all convicted of charges related to terrorism or mass murder, will remain on federal death row.ended the 17-year suspension with a 13-person execution spree during his first term.
“But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted,” he added.
During his first term, President-elect Trump bypassed a de facto moratorium on executions, killing 13 people on federal death row in a historic spree. On the campaign trail, he repeatedly indicated his support of capital punishment, even for
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