Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - December 23, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/JustKidding456]

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-commutes-sentences-of-37-death-row-inmates-a3d663cf:

Biden Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates

‘In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted,’ president said

I don't oppose Biden's decision to prevent the new administration from resuming the executions. However, for the safety of the American public I also can't support allowing the convicted individuals to return to public life.

[u/Viper_ACR → u/JustKidding456]

IIRC theyre all getting commented to life w/o parole.

Roof, Tsarnaev and that other mass shooter who shot up a synagogue still face execution.

[u/redditthrowaway1294 → u/Viper_ACR]

Might've actually at least respected the decision as principled but nope it's not even that. It's just "we'll leave the guys who leftist activists probably still want dead."

[u/Vanderwoolf → u/redditthrowaway1294]

All three are mass murderers, two are terrorists. What led you to such a bizarre take?

[u/redditthrowaway1294 → u/Vanderwoolf]

He was perfectly fine with the other mass murderers on the list being commuted. At best, these are the 3 biggest names on there so he decided not to pardon them because of optics rather than any principal. At worst, Dem media tried to tie Roof and Bowers to Trump's rhetoric and that is why he didn't commute them, to please Dem activists.