President Joe Biden is leaning heavily into his clemency powers in the waning days of his term, using a tool only available to an incumbent without fear of political backlash.
Fading from public view as President-elect Donald Trump increasingly wields the bully pulpit, Biden started Christmas week by commuting the death sentences of 37 of the 40 convicts awaiting execution at the federal level on Monday.
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