Trump vows to vigorously pursue death penalty after Biden commutes sentences for 37 monsters

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to “vigorously pursue the death penalty” for the country’s most heinous criminals — after President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 mass murderers and child killers.“As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!”Trump’s promise reupped his campaign vow to seek the death penalty against violent offenders.

In a stunning sweeping action, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row Monday, giving them life sentences without parole instead of pending execution.The White House called the move part of Biden’s plan of “ensuring a fair and effective justice system.“Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden wrote in a statement about the controversial commutations.“But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level,” he said.

“In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.”Biden’s act of clemency was given to child murderers and mass murderers — nine of whom were found too dangerous to live after killing fellow inmates.Jorge Avila-Torrez was one of the inmates given an early Christmas present by being freed from death row after murdering Amanda Snell, a young naval officer.Alex Snell, Amanda’s brother, told The Post on Monday that he was in “disbelief” that Biden halted Avila-Torrez’s death penalty, adding he is “angry that justice is not being serv...