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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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