President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, reducing their penalties to life imprisonment without parole. This decision follows his recent record-breaking clemency grants, described as the largest single-day effort in American history.
According to DeathPenaltyInfo.org, 40 individuals are currently on federal death row. Biden excluded three from this commutation: Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people in the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue shooting; Dylann Roof, responsible for the 2015 racially motivated massacre of nine Black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who orchestrated the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, killing three and injuring hundreds.
The 37 inmates whose sentences were commuted were convicted of heinous crimes, including murder, kidnapping, and drug-related killings. Their victims included law enforcement officers, children, and federal witnesses.
Among those resentenced:
Marcivicci Barnette: Convicted of killing a man during a carjacking and his ex-girlfriend. Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks: Escaped prisoners who kidnapped and killed a woman. Anthony Battle: Murdered a prison guard. Thomas Sanders: Kidnapped and killed a 12-year-old girl. Rejon Taylor: Carjacked, kidnapped, and killed a restaurant owner.
Other cases include individuals involved in deadly bank robberies, such as Brandon Council, who killed two