Several were carried out during former presidentOn a, Biden—a death penalty opponent—pledged that, as president, he would"work to pass legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level, and incentivize states to follow the federal government's example." But he has yet to speak on the issue since becoming president.
Abraham Bonowitz, the director of Death Penalty Action, says the razing of the death chamber at the Terre Haute prison would be a"powerfully symbolic move" for the president to take. "That killing spree took place after 17 years of no federal executions. The checks and balances that are supposed to prevent the unjust executions—including the Department of Justice's commitment to fair process and theBoth Bonowitz and Stubbs said they were encouraged by remarks byJudiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing last week the death penalty gives him"great pause" because of the number of exonerations that have occurred in death penalty convictions.
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