Entries tagged with “President Joe Biden”

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Federal Death Penalty

Jul 11, 2022

In New Report, Amnesty International Urges President Biden to End the Federal Death Penalty and Commute All Federal Death Sentences

A new report by the human rights organization Amnesty International urges President Joe Biden to act upon his campaign pledge to work to abolish the death penalty by exercising his constitutional authority to comm…

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United States Supreme Court

Feb 28, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court

President Joe Biden has nominated federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (pictured) to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, fulfilling his campaign pledge to select an African American woman for the C…

Policy Issues

Victims' Families

United States Supreme Court

Federal Death Penalty

Mar 07, 2022

Supreme Court Overturns Appeals Court Decision Reversing Death Sentence in Boston Marathon Bombing

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a federal appeals court decision that had reversed the death sentences imposed on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people …