MP> He campaigned on not allowing Death Sentences to be carried out during
 MP> his term.  I guess the folks who appreciate it are the ones that voted
 MP> for him with that in mind, or that voted for Harris with Trump's promise
 MP> of resuming executions in mind.
 MP> 
 MP> Supposedly, he said it was because X percentage of death row inmates are
 MP> believed falsely accused.  Not sure I believe that.

This is yet another good reason to distrust statistics.

 MP> > And what's up with the 3 who still remain on death row? Biden decided th
 MP> > those three should still die, but that the other 47 are more deserving o
 MP> ife
 MP> 
 MP> At least two of them are charged with "hate crimes" so that would have
 MP> been bad for business for a Democrat to commute their sentences.

That explains it perfectly.

 MP> It did lead to an interesting discussion with family members, though.  We
 MP> never did quite figure it out but some of the crimes these guys were in
 MP> for, on the surface, didn't sound like "federal crimes."  We were not
 MP> sure why they were on "federal" death row vs. the death row of a state
 MP> they committed the murders in.

The summarized descriptions of their crimes sound somewhat common, but there are probably certain details that weren't mentioned that took their charges to federal courts.

"Murder with the intent of preventing testimony by a witness, victim, or informant. Retaliatory murder of a witness, victim, or informant."

I got that quote from an attorney's website. Those are some of the circumstances that result in federal charges.

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