It is impossible to think of a presidential action that would match the damage done to law and order by President Joe Biden’s refusal to enforce immigration laws at the southern border. But Biden nevertheless took a shot at it and certainly further undermined public safety when he selectively commuted the death sentences of 37 convicted murderers this month.

A coherent and principled policy of not using the death penalty at the federal level could be logically and morally defended, but that is not what Biden did. While sparing the lives of some of the most sadistic and evil rapists and murderers, the president affirmed the death sentences of three men because, in the words of the White House statement, Biden believes the death penalty is still justified “in cases of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder.”