President Joe Biden, who is set to leave the White House in less than a month, has grossly abused his executive clemency power on his way out the door, including with the preemptive and unconditional pardon of his convicted felon son, Hunter Biden, including for crimes that may not be publicly known stretching back over the past decade.

Far worse than that, though, was Biden's commutation of the death sentence for 37 convicted murderers sitting on federal death row, who will now instead serve life sentences without parole at taxpayers' expense, according to Reuters.

That move by Biden, which followed more than 1,500 pardons and commutations of mostly non-violent federal offenders more than a week earlier, comes as President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to expedite the federal execution process.

Biden commutes execution sentences for most federal death row inmates

On Monday, under pressure from progressive Democrats and leftist activist groups, President Biden announced that he'd issued commutations for 37 of the 40 notorious and ruthless killers on federal death row.

"Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole," Biden said. "These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder."

"Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss," the outgoing lame-duck president continued.

"But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level," Biden added. "In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted."

Republicans outraged by Biden's clemency for killers

Unsurprisingly, per Reuters, President Biden's commutations of federal death sentences were widely criticized by many Republicans and independents who believe that murderers must be held accountable for their grisly acts.

For example, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said that "when given the choice between law-abiding Americans or criminals, Joe Biden and the Democrats choose criminals every time," while Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said the commutations were "unconscionable" and that the "Presidents pardon power is being abused by @JoeBiden to carry out a miscarriage of justice."

Likewise, President-elect Trump's spokesman, Steven Cheung, said in a statement, "These are among the worst killers in the world and this abhorrent decision by Joe Biden is a slap in the face to the victims, their families, and their loved ones."

Trump himself took it further with a Truth Social post that declared, "Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country. When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!"

He followed that up with another post that said, "As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!"

What can Trump do?

Reuters noted that unlike with executive orders, grants of clemency by one president can't be reversed by their successors, meaning there is nothing apparent that President-elect Trump can do to reimpose the death sentences on the 37 federally convicted murderers.

However, as noted in his posts in response to President Biden's commutations, Trump can more aggressively pursue the death sentence against future killers and take action to speed up the timeline between conviction and execution for federal death row inmates.