Overview
- The Justice Department confirmed that eight people whose federal death sentences were commuted were transferred this week to ADX Florence in Colorado, all convicted of first-degree murder under federal jurisdiction.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the broader group of commuted inmates will be housed in supermax facilities where she says they will live under conditions reflecting their security risks.
- DOJ officials say the effort seeks to match conditions of confinement to the inmates’ offenses and risk profiles, following Bondi’s directives that included placement reviews and meetings with victims’ families.
- A Justice Department source told Fox News that all 37 people who received commutations are expected to be relocated to ADX or similar facilities by early next year.
- Civil-rights groups including the ACLU have filed lawsuits challenging the transfers as unconstitutional or vindictive, while the White House pursues a tougher capital-punishment posture that includes a directive to implement the death penalty in Washington, D.C.