Reflections on the Federal Death Penalty and its Precursors
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Squad members Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush urge Biden to commute the sentence of EVERY death row inmate as they rip Trump s cruel execution spree
A group of 35 Democrats led by Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush is urging President Biden to commute the sentence of death row inmates
They wrote a letter to Biden on Friday in which they asked him to take all 49 federal inmates off death row You can ensure that there would be no one left on death row to kill, it said
In the three-page letter, the group also blasted Trump s execution spree
His administration lifted a moratorium on federal executions and 13 people were put to death while he was in office
Trump Is Putting the Machinery of Death Into Overdrive Clint Smith © Virgnia Department of Corrections / AP
The first time I stood in an execution chamber, what I remember most was the stillness of the room. In November 2018, I visited Angola prison in Louisiana, and saw where the state injected prisoners with a cocktail that rendered them unconscious, paralyzed their muscles, discontinued their breathing, and stopped their hearts.
The table was long and blue, its leather upholstery covering a thin layer of foam padding. There were seven discolored brown-and-blue straps that stretched across its width, each of them locked and pulled tight. At the foot of the table were two shackles, silver metal glimmering under the fluorescent lights.