12 hours Ago By Chris Bradford
PRESIDENT Joe Biden is to commute the sentences of 37 inmates on death row, including child killers, just weeks before leaving office. The outgoing commander-in-chief’s latest act of clemency comes just weeks after he commuted 1,500 sentences and pardoned 39 others in what was the largest single-day act of clemency. Biden has vowed to get rid of the death penalty, and the commutations mean only three people remain on death row.
Some of the sentences commuted include Thomas Sanders, who kidnapped and shot Lexis Roberts, 12, four times before cutting her throat. And Jorge Avila-Torrez was convicted of sexually assaulting and stabbing to death two girls in 2005. The victims were named as Laura Hobbs, eight, and Krystal Tobias, nine.
Anthony Battle's sentence was lowered. He killed a prison guard in Atlanta in 1994 while serving time for raping and killing his Marine wife. In a statement, Biden said he’s more convinced than ever the US must stop using the death penalty.
“In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted,” he said. This is a developing story..
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