On Monday’s “CNN NewsNight,” CNN Legal Analyst Elliot Williams, who served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General during the Obama administration, said that while he thinks the death penalty should be abolished, President Joe Biden only commuted death sentences where the cases weren’t The post CNN’s Williams: Biden Only Commuted Death Sentences in Cases People Didn’t Know About appeared first on Breitbart.
The main conceptual idea is that CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams believes President Biden's commutation of three death sentences was selectively applied, potentially avoiding politically sensitive cases. He criticizes this approach while simultaneously advocating for the complete abolishment of the federal death penalty due to its inherent flaws and inconsistencies. Williams argues that the death penalty should only be considered when absolute certainty exists that no innocent person has been executed. In essence, the text highlights a debate about the ethical and practical implications of the death penalty, specifically focusing on Biden's selective use of commutation and the broader argument for its abolishment.