Biden commutes sentences of 37 individuals on death row

President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row, and their sentences will be reclassified from execution to life without the possibility of parole.

The president, in announcing the commutations, said he is “more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.”

Some of those pardoned include Billie Jerome Allen, who was sentenced to death in 1998, Carlos David Caro, who has been on death row for over 15 years...