OPINION:
Although it is gratifying that three of the worst human beings on the face of the Earth were not included in President Biden’s commutation order, I am sadly disappointed in the outgoing president for granting clemency to 37 killers, including mass murderers and those who slaughtered children (“Biden’s death row clemency spares worst of the worst,” web, Dec. 23).
Mr. Biden has seized the wheels of justice from the judges and juries that concluded that under our laws, the crimes committed by those who will now serve sentences of life in prison were sufficiently serious as to justify the ultimate punishment.
Mr. Biden’s action serves to diminish respect for our system of governance and our laws.
OREN SPIEGLER
Peters Township, Pennsylvania
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