Gretchen Engel - Executive Director of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation
WPTF Afternoon News · WPTF FM 92.9 AM 680
December 23, 20245m 18s
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Show Notes
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment. The move comes just weeks before Donald Trump, a vocal advocate for expanding capital punishment, takes office. Gretchen Engel, Executive Director of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the significance of Biden’s decision and its implications for the future of capital punishment in the U.S.