Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases and prove their claims of innocence.

The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to life in prison.

President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in one of his final official actions before leaving office. The people receiving the commutations have been serving “disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law,

The Department of Justice this week released a final report on violent crime statistics for the Biden administration as President-elect Trump prepares to take office next week.

President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh.