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'A mistake': Biden faces backlash upon commuting sentences of death row inmates

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President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 death row inmates on Monday .

Biden says he could not in "good conscience" allow the planned executions of those on federal death row to move forward.

A spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump , congressional Republicans and a House Democrat questioned whether Biden overstepped his bounds.

Supporters of Biden 's decision say he was showing moral leadership and praised him for making progress on a campaign pledge to end the federal death penalty.

Rep. Chip Roy , R- Texas , argued that Biden was abusing the president’s pardon power “to carry out a miscarriage of justice” Praise for Biden 's commutations mainly fell along party lines on Capitol Hill .

Rep. Mike Quigley , D-Ill. , disagreed with his party's president in a CNN interview, arguing the outgoing administration was setting a negative precedent.

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