{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clarke.house.gov/clarke-releases-statement-on-president-bidens-decision-to-commute-the-sentences-of-37-individuals-on-death-row/", "CLARKE RELEASES STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BIDEN\u2019S DECISION TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCES OF 37 INDIVIDUALS ON DEATH ROW", "2024-12-23", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Yvette D. Clarke", "C001067", "clarke.house.gov", "clarke", "https://clarke.house.gov/category/press-release/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nDecember 23, 2024\n\nMEDIA CONTACT:\n\ne:jessica.myers@mail.house.gov\n\nc: 202.913.0126\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), released the following statement regarding President Biden commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on death row:\n\n\u201cI am pleased to hear the Biden Administration has continued its diligent work in criminal justice reform by reclassifying the death sentences of 37 individuals to life without the possibility of parole. When President Biden first assumed office, he and his administration imposed a moratorium on federal executions that, for generations, was pursued by advocates and lawmakers. And, through his action today, the president has once again reaffirmed that capital punishment has no place in a just nation,\u201d said Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke.\n\n\u201cThroughout my career, I\u2019ve called for an end to the federal government\u2019s participation in this cruel, inhumane form of punishment, as well as its extensive weaponization against Black, brown, and low-income communities. I\u2019ve supported legislation like the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2023, which would prohibit the use of the death penalty as punishment for any violation of federal law, and have consistently urged our leaders to abolish the practice.\n\n\u201cIn consideration of the incoming Trump Administration that plans to not only end the moratorium on the federal death penalty, but embrace it as a means of state-sanctioned retribution, I welcome President Biden\u2019s moral decision to commute these 37 death sentences. I ask that he continue to review possible pardons and commutations during his remaining time in office, and that he take any additional steps available to further build a nation that upholds its highest ideals.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://clarke.house.gov/clarke-releases-statement-on-president-bidens-decision-to-commute-the-sentences-of-37-individuals-on-death-row/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4260138850659132, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}