The Boston Marathon bomber and the 2018 murderer of Jewish worshippers are among the three who are not included in the measure.
“More convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level,” Biden stated in a statement. More than 2,000 persons who were found guilty and sentenced to death by state authorities are not included in his assessment.
Biden’s choice was made before to President-elect Donald Trump’s January return, during which he resumed federal executions.
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and grants 39 presidential pardons.
Biden has granted reprieves to nine inmates convicted of killing their fellow inmates, four for killings during bank robberies, and one for killing a prison officer.
