Silent reminders of the cost of failed policies and broken systems.
On December 23, 2024, President Biden announced the commutation of 37 out of 40 federal death row sentences to life without parole. While the statement was brief, the implications are staggering, revealing a president whose conscience appears to be guided not by justice, but by flawed logic and political calculations.
Biden’s announcement begins with a predictable nod to the victims and their families, stating that he condemns the murders, grieves for the victims, and aches for their loved ones. If he had stopped there, perhaps this decision would not feel like such a betrayal. But then comes the fatal word: “but.” He pivots to explain that his conscience and past experiences led him to this decision. The result? Thirty-seven of the most heinous criminals in U.S. history will now avoid the ultimate punishment for their monstrous acts.
This decision raises critical questions about Biden’s so-called conscience. Where is his moral compass when it comes to the most innocent among us? Biden’s actions suggest that his conscience is highly selective—conveniently tuned to advance a political agenda rather than uphold the sanctity of life and justice.
A Nation in Crisis, A President Out of Touch
Biden’s commutations come at a time when violent crime is soaring across the country. Illegal immigrants with violent criminal records are being allowed to pour into our communities under Biden’s open-border policies. The tragic cases of Amelia Carter and Laken Riley, whose families lost them to illegal immigrants with known criminal histories, stand as glaring examples of the consequences of Biden’s negligence. How does he reconcile those policies with his professed grief for victims of violence?
The families of crime victims don’t need platitudes. They need action. They need leadership that prioritizes law and order over political maneuvering. Yet Biden’s words ring hollow—a carefully curated soundbite meant to placate while his policies leave the nation more dangerous and less just.
Why 37 and Not 40? The Politics of Injustice
Perhaps the most glaring inconsistency in Biden’s decision is the selective nature of his mercy. Why commute the sentences of 37 but leave three to face the death penalty? What makes those three crimes so much worse than the other 37? Could it be that politics played a role? The answer seems obvious: Biden’s decisions are often less about justice and more about optics.
This inconsistency only adds insult to injury. By sparing 37 of these heinous criminals, Biden has not only undermined justice but also disrespected the families of victims who fought for years to see it served. These families now face the devastating reality that the monsters who destroyed their lives will live out their days—albeit behind bars—at the expense of taxpayers.
The Need for True Leadership
President-elect Trump has already vowed to restore federal executions, declaring that justice must be served. His stance reflects what so many Americans believe: that the punishment must fit the crime.
The victims of these murderers will never get a second chance at life. Their families deserve closure, not excuses from a president who politicizes justice.
An Emotional Plea for Justice
To the families of victims, Biden’s actions are a betrayal of trust. To the nation, they are a glaring example of failed leadership. How can we claim to be a nation of laws when our leaders subvert them to fit their own narratives? How can we claim to value life when we commute the sentences of murderers while ignoring the innocent lives lost through unchecked crime?
The nation is hopeful that once Biden and Harris are removed from office come January 20th, the nation can heal from the policies that have destroyed this country and the lives of so many innocent people. A return to justice. How much blood must be shed before we admit Biden’s hands are stained with the cost of his failed policies?
This is not just about politics. It is about the soul of our nation. Justice must not only be done but be seen to be done. For the victims, for their families, and for the future of our country, we must demand leadership that stands firm in the face of evil and delivers the justice that is so desperately needed.
Disclaimer:
Biden claims that his conscience guided him to commute the sentences of some on death row but not others. This begs the question: What distinguishes the 37 whose sentences he commuted from the three he did not? Are there, perhaps, varying levels of conscience that make one heinous crime somehow less heinous than another? Think about this and let it sink in.
Where is Biden's conscience for the victims and the families who have suffered unspeakable loss because of these crimes? What kind of conscience overlooks their pain? And where is his conscience for the failed policies that created the environment for such acts of violence in the first place?
Even more sobering, where is his conscience for the countless innocent babies, murdered in their mother’s wombs, who never had a chance at life, let alone justice?
This is not conscience—it’s a hollow justification, a façade of morality to mask the failure of protecting the innocent. Biden’s hands are stained with the blood of failed leadership, and those stains have scarred our nation. He has failed this country, and we must never forget.
Let this serve as a reminder: justice is not a matter of selective conscience, and the cost of such failure is borne by the most innocent among us.
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