Inmates Oppose Biden's clemency

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Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences

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Inmates Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis are among 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden .

The men believe that having their sentences commuted would put them at a legal disadvantage as they seek to appeal their cases based on claims of innocence.

The courts look at death penalty appeals very closely in a legal process known as heightened scrutiny.

Biden commutes the sentences of 37 of the 40 federal death row prisoners, all men.

Biden says he cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that he halted.

The Justice Department under Biden imposed a moratorium on executions.

A coalition of human rights and anti-death penalty groups praised the move.

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