There are three things you need to know about the media and how they approach anything that is complicated. First, as storytellers, we’re drawn to the complicated. Second, as journalists,

President-elect Donald Trump has made clear he intends to seek more executions when he returns to office, something President Joe Biden has been outspoken against. Now, as Biden faces pressure from advocacy groups to grant clemency to all 40 inmates on death row before he leaves office,

U.S. President Joe Biden granted clemency to three Chinese citizens in November 2024 as part of a prisoner swap with China, contrary to social media posts suggesting it was a unilateral decision to free people who committed serious crimes.