President Biden commutes the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates

President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly all inmates on federal death row, a move that comes less than two weeks after he passed the “largest one-day clemency” in U.S. history, the White House announced Monday.

Of the 40 inmates on federal death row, according to DeathPenaltyInfo.org, Biden is commuting 37 men on death row, reclassifying their sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The three inmates not included are: Robert Bowers, responsible for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, which left 11 dead; Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who killed nine black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who worked with his now-dead brother to perpetuate the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured hundreds.

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Men being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole are convicted of multiple acts of murder against one or multiple people. Among the victims of the 37 men are law enforcement officers, children and other inmates.

A handful of men on death row were too set to be executed with his co-defendants.

Biden, who only supports the death penalty at the federal level for “terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder,” said the move would prevent President-elect Donald Trump’s administration from “complicating execution sentences that they would not be dictated under current policy.” and practice,” according to the White House statement.

The president declared a moratorium on federal executions after taking office in 2021.

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Convicted killers who will now escape execution include: Marcivicci Barnette, who killed a man in a carjacking and his ex-girlfriend; co-defendants Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks, who kidnapped and killed a woman after escaping from prison; Anthony Battle, who killed a prison guard; Jason Brown, who stabbed a postal worker to death; Thomas Hager, who committed a drug-related murder; David Runyon, who participated in the murder-for-hire plot of a Navy officer; Thomas Sanders, who kidnapped and killed a 12-year-old girl; Rejon Taylor, who stole a car, kidnapped and killed a restaurant owner; and Alejandro Umana, who killed two brothers inside a restaurant.

Two men were on death row witness murders: police officer Len Davis, who ordered the killing of a witness who was part of an investigation into a misconduct complaint against him, and Ronald Mikos, who killed a federal grand jury witness in an investigation of Medicare fraud.

Ex-Marine Jorge Torrez was to be executed for killing another soldier.

The list also includes men who committed deadly bank robberies, like co-defendants Billie Allen and Norris Holder, who killed a bank guard during their crime spree; Brandon Council, who killed two bank employees; and Daryl Lawrence, who killed a special duty police officer during an attempted bank robbery.

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Co-defendants James Roane, Jr. and Richard Tipton committed a series of drug-related murders as gang members with Corey Johnson, who was executed in 2021.

Julius Robinson killed two people over drugs, and so did co-defendants Ricardo Sanchez, Jr., and Daniel Troya, who killed a family, including two children.

Drug lord Kaboni Savage killed or ordered someone else to kill 12 people over a 16-year period, including a house fire that killed six family members of a federal informant.

Edward Fields was on death row for murdering two campers on federal land, while Marvin Gabrion and Richard Jackson were there for killing a woman on federal land in separate cases.

Co-defendants Jurijus Kadamovas and Iouri Mikhel were convicted of kidnapping and killing five Russian and Georgian immigrants for ransom.

Ultimately, the following men were sentenced to death in multiple cases for killing an inmate in federal prison: Shannon Agofsky, Carlos Caro, co-defendants Wesley Coonce and Charles Hall, co-defendants Christopher Cramer and Ricky Fackrell, Joseph Ebron and the co-accused. Edgar Garcia and Mark Snarr.

Monday’s switches join a list of similar moves by Biden during his presidency, which have drawn mixed reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and outlasted any president in modern history by length of service .

Biden faced criticism earlier this month when he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 housebound prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic and pardoned 40 others. including his son, Hunter.

As of Dec. 13, Biden has pardoned a total of 65 people and commuted the sentences of 1,634 inmates during his time as president, according to the Justice Department.

“The president has issued more commutations of sentence at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms,” ​​White House officials said in an earlier statement.

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Several groups and individuals, including former corrections officials, praised Biden’s decision ahead of the public announcement, calling it “brave” and thanking him for sending a “strong message.”

Biden was urged by the 28th former corrections officers in a letter to commute sentences on federal death row for the safety of federal corrections professionals who participate in executions.

“President Biden has made a courageous decision that will benefit many within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Resources can be allocated more rationally and staff will not face the harm of participating in executions any time soon. I hope that leaders state agencies follow suit, for the benefit of their own prison staff,” said Justin Jones, the former director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, was also among those to issue a statement, saying, in part, that this decision “marks an important turning point” and sends a “strong message to northern -Americans that the death penalty is not the answer to our country’s public safety concerns.”

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Biden said he condemns the killers and their “despicable acts” and mourns the victims and families who have suffered “unimaginable and irreparable loss,” but “he cannot stand back and let a new administration resume the executions that I stop”. according to the Statement from the White House.

He also said Biden will use the final weeks of his presidency to “provide meaningful second chances” and “review additional pardons and commutations.”