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Biden commutes most federal death sentences but leaves Tree of Life shooter on death row

JL;DR SUMMARY President Joe Biden recently commuted most federal death row sentences, reducing the list from 40 to 3 remaining inmates. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish LawJewish EthicsJoe BidenElie WieselTree Of LifeRobert BowersMerrick GarlandCapital PunishmentDeath Penalty

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States
"Bowers joins Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who killed nine worshippers at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted for his involvement in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three."
Pennsylvania, United States
"Last year, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, beseeched his state legislature to abolish the death penalty, even for those committing the most heinous crimes, crediting some families of Tree of Life victims for his stance."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Bowers joins Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who killed nine worshippers at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted for his involvement in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three."

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