"[Biden's decision] will save lives, address the deep racial disparities in our criminal legal system, and send a powerful message about redemption, decency, and humanity," Pressley said in a statement.
Pressley, who represents much of Boston and some surrounding suburbs, has long been an outspoken opponent of the death penalty.
Biden stopped just short of Pressley's demand, commuting the sentences of 37 people in total. Tsarnaev, Roof, and Bowers did not have their sentences commuted because their cases involved 'terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder,' Biden said in a statement.
Biden campaigned in 2020 on ending the federal death penalty, and directed the Justice Department to issue a moratorium on federal executions in 2021.
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