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President Biden’s misuse of the pardon power during the post-election period continues. He began with his influence-peddling, cocaine-snorting son, continued with a variety of undeserving miscreants, noted here<\/a>, and now has expanding to reducing the sentences of 37 murderers. Jess Bravin has this story<\/a> in the WSJ:<\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,\u201d Biden said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mistake? Biden is the one who has un-condemned these justly sentenced murderers. He is the one who has compounded the “unimaginable and irreparable loss.” This move is not based on any individual problems with the cases but only on long-standing criticisms of capital punishment. So why didn’t Mr. Biden do this much earlier? Like, before the election? Because he knew that would have diminished his own electoral chances, before he dropped out, or his party’s afterward.<\/p>\n

The 3:25 pm ET version of the WSJ story has these reactions:<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe Biden is using his last days in office to spare the worst monsters in America,\u201d Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) said on X. \u201cDemocrats can\u2019t even defend Biden\u2019s outrageous decision as some kind of principled, across-the-board opposition to the death penalty since he didn\u2019t commute the three most politically toxic cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, called the commutations \u201ca gross miscarriage of justice.\u201d Scheidegger, whose group advocates for crime victims and supports capital punishment, said the Constitution should be amended \u201cto suspend the pardon power during the lame-duck period, as that is when the worst abuses occur.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more on that last proposal, see the previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: The 4:05 pm version of the story has this reaction:<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are among the worst killers in the world and this abhorrent decision by Joe Biden is a slap in the face to the victims, their families and their loved ones,\u201d Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Biden’s misuse of the pardon power during the post-election period continues. He began with his influence-peddling, cocaine-snorting son, continued with a variety of undeserving miscreants, noted here, and now has expanding to reducing the sentences of 37 murderers. Jess Bravin has this story in the WSJ: \u201cMake no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,\u201d Biden said. Mistake? Biden is the one who has un-condemned these justly sentenced murderers. He is the one who has compounded the “unimaginable and irreparable loss.” This move is not based on any individual problems with the cases but only on long-standing criticisms of capital punishment. So why didn’t Mr. Biden do this much earlier? Like, before the election? Because he knew that would have diminished his own electoral chances, before he dropped out, or his party’s afterward. The 3:25 pm ET version of the WSJ story has these reactions: \u201cJoe Biden is using his last days in office to spare the worst monsters in America,\u201d Sen. 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