"Despite the spree of controversial actions, Biden has outraged cannabis activists by thus far failing to honor his 2019 campaign pledge to release “everyone” in prison for marijuana. Instead, just before the 2022 midterm elections, he announced a mass pardon for people convicted of simple pot possession — of whom none were in prison, drawing outrage from prisoners who called it a “slap in the face.”"
"In the stunning act of clemency just two days before Christmas, Biden, 82, gave the reprieve to some of the nation’s most violent murderers — nine of whom were found too dangerous to live after butchering fellow inmates — as part of his effort at “ensuring a fair and effective justice system,” the White House said." . . .
“ 'Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said in a statement.
“ '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.”
"Biden, who opposes the death penalty, lowered each of the 37 sentences to life in prison without parole. He did not say why specifically he considered the original penalties unjust.
"Among those receiving the holiday cheer is Thomas Sanders, who in 2010 kidnapped and then shot 12-year-old Lexis Roberts four times and cut her throat in Louisiana — days after the girl watched as Sanders murdered her mother on a road trip near the Grand Canyon." . . .
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| Lexis Roberts was killed by Thomas Steven Sanders on Sept. 8, 2010. |
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