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John, we
wanted to share this email we received last week from the Innocence
Project.
President Biden still has just over a month left in office, and in that
time he has the opportunity to take an important step toward ending the
death penalty.
There are currently 40 men on the federal death row, and President Biden
can commute their sentences today. [ [link removed] ]Read more below and then sign the
petition from the Innocence Project to urge President Biden to take action
before he leaves office.
— The LeftNet Team
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From: Christina Swarns, Innocence Project
Subject: [SIGN NOW] Urge President Biden to Commute the Row
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In 2019, President Biden said, “Because we can’t ensure that we get these
cases right every time, we must eliminate the death penalty.” Five years
later, the death penalty still remains and innocent people, like Marcellus
Williams, have been executed.
President Biden has just over six weeks left to commute the sentences of
the 40 men currently sitting on the federal death row and take a major
step toward a more fair and just criminal legal system. [ [link removed] ]Will you urge
him now to commute all federal death sentences before his time as
president ends?
[ [link removed] ]Sign the Petition
Scores of innocent people have been convicted of murder and sentenced to
death in this country. The factors that drive such wrongful convictions —
police and prosecutorial misconduct, eyewitness misidentification,
unreliable forensic evidence, racial bias, and more — persist within the
federal death penalty system.
But while people convicted in state systems can appeal to both state and
federal courts, those in the federal system have only one chance. This
makes proving a wrongful conviction even more difficult and puts innocent
people at risk of execution.
Research and statistics point to the death penalty being deeply flawed,
and yet President Trump has explicitly said that he plans to swiftly
resume federal executions in his second term. The execution of an innocent
person is a morally and constitutionally intolerable event — and here at
the Innocence Project, we’re calling on President Biden to commute the
sentences of the 40 men currently on federal death row.
[ [link removed] ]Will you join us and add your name now to persuade the president to
commute the row?
[ [link removed] ]Sign the Petition
By commuting the sentences of those on federal death row, President Biden
has the opportunity to fulfill the promise he made back in 2020 and to
take a crucial step toward ensuring innocent lives are not at stake,
ending unjust executions, and advancing a more just America.
We can’t afford to uphold a system that risks innocent lives and deepens
racial injustice, so join us in calling for an end to federal executions
today.
[ [link removed] ]Please take one minute today to sign the petition and urge President
Biden to do the right thing and commute the federal death row today:
[ [link removed] ]Sign the Petition
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