• tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    “Joe Biden’s decision is a clear gross abuse of power. He, and his supporters, have blood on their hands.”

    By not killing people? Are they actually insane? I’m guessing just disingenuous bc the whole framing they’re doing glosses over the fact that these convicts are still going to do life without parole.

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      30 days ago

      Yup. The reason most of them are on death row is it takes literally decades of litigation before someone can be put to death (a good thing). By commuting their sentences Biden is saving the taxpayers millions.

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      30 days ago

      I guess if you follow the logic that the death penalty is the only deterrent that works, as opposed to just life on prison, Biden just told people that they can crime all they want, you won’t get the death penalty.

      This is obviously bullshit, but that’s the thinking behind the statement.