Nearly two dozen ex-federal judges added their names to a growing call for President Joe Biden to take the rare step of commuting federal death sentences before leaving office.
The letter to Biden on Wednesday from former district and appellate judges didn’t mention concern with Donald Trump’s resumption of federal executions during his administration. But other groups have signaled urgency for the White House to act before he assumes the presidency again. Trump will be inaugurated on Jan. 20.
The 21 judges cited “fundamental problems” with the federal death penalty, including “race discrimination in trial and sentencing, intellectual disability of ...
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