US president-elect Donald Trump’s team slammed President Biden Donald Trump’s decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death The Hill Monday, saying the move was “Abhorrent”, state media reported, and smacked the victim in the face.
Stephen Chang File Photo: US media
“These are some of the worst killers in the world, and Joe Biden’s abominable decision was a slap in the face to the victims, their families and loved ones,” Stephen Chang, a spokesman for Donald Trump’s team and the incoming director of the White House Communications Office, said in a statement, when Donald Trump returns to the white house, “The rule of law will return”.
On December 23rd, the White House said in a statement that President Biden had commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners to life without parole. In a statement, Biden said the commutation was in line with his government’s moratorium on federal executions, with the exception of terrorism and mass killings motivated by hatred. According to US media reports, Biden’s move means that when president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, there will be only three federal prisoners awaiting execution for mass killings.