Biden pardons death row inmates, Trump gets angry
US President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 death row inmates to life without parole.
The decision follows the appeal of human rights organizations that feared a wave of executions under Donald Trump.
A decision welcomed by several personalities such as the descendant of Martin Luther King:
"President Biden has done what no president before him has been willing to do: act in a meaningful and lasting way to not only recognize the racist roots of the death penalty, but also address its persistent injustice."
According to the NGO Southern Poverty Law Center, nearly 40% of those sentenced to death by the federal justice system are black, while this community represents only 12% of the American adult population.
But following Joe Biden's statement, Donald Trump reacted virulently on his Truth social network:
"Joe Biden just commuted the death sentences of 37 of the worst killers in our country, when you hear the acts committed by each one, you won't believe he did this," and he goes further:
"As soon as I'm inaugurated, I will direct the Department of Justice to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from rapists, murderers and violent monsters."
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