Biden wrote a 1994 bill that designated dozens of new capital offenses. Inmates sentenced under that law hope he will commute their sentences.

President Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row.

President Joe Biden is considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, 40 death row inmates, including Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, following pressure from religious and civil rights groups,