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Trump Preps ‘Bloodbath' on Federal Death Row As Advocates Beg Biden for Mercy

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Federal death row inmates are looking to Joe Biden for a final reprieve.

Biden halted federal executions during his time in office.

Donald Trump's first term as president saw 13 executions.

The death penalty is older than America than America itself, and was largely shaped in colonial America .

As of 2024 , support for the death penalty is at an all-time low, with more than half of people aged 18 to 43 opposing the practice.

Trump has long believed that taking a hardline, pro-death-penalty stance is a prerequisite for serving as his top federal law enforcement official.

With the stroke of a pen, Biden could commute the sentences of current federal death-row prisoners to life behind bars.

Dustin Higgs was put to death four days before Biden 's inauguration.

He was accused of ordering the kidnapping and murder of Tamika Black , 19 , Tanji Jackson , 21 ; and Mishann Chinn , 23 .

The Supreme Court granted certiorari before judgment, which is something that the Supreme Court rarely does.