Whitehouse: “Biden announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row.” In the name of “ensuring a fair and effective justice system”
“President Biden has dedicated his career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system”
“This historic clemency action builds on the President’s record of criminal justice reform.”
Who are these criminals? Here are a couple of examples.
Thomas Sanders – Convicted of shooting a mother on the side of I-40, then kidnapped her 12-year-old daughter, sexually abusing her, then slashed her throat
Shannon Wayne Agofsky – During a bank robbery he took the bank president and tied him to a chair, then threw him into a lake to drown. While in prison, he also committed two separate murders.
Brandon Leon Basham – Went on a 17 state crime spree in which multiple people were murdered during carjackings, robberies, and other violent crimes.
-Full Details from William Kirk at Washington Gun Law
Opinion: It is extremely rare for Presidents to commute the sentences of violent criminals. Murderers whose sentences have been commuted in the past are typically service-members who were convicted of war crimes, Vietnam vets for example. The statement says Biden has dedicated his career to reducing violent crime – so at the 11th hour he commutes the sentences of some of the most serious violent criminals!?!?