President Biden commutes the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates

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

Of the 40 inmates on federal death row, according to DeathPenaltyInfo.org, Biden is commuting 37 men sentenced to death, reclassifying their sentences to life 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 that left 11 people 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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The men, who are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, have been convicted of various murderous acts against one or more. Among the victims of the 37 men are law enforcement officers, children and other inmates.

A handful of the men on death row were also to be executed along with their co-accused.

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 “carrying out the death sentences that would not be imposed 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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The convicted murderers who will now escape execution include: Marcivicci Barnette, who killed a man in a car body shop 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 jailer; Jason Brown, who stabbed a postal worker to death; Thomas Hager, who committed a drug-related murder; David Runyon, who participated in a naval officer’s murder-for-hire plot; Thomas Sanders, who kidnapped and killed a 12-year-old girl; Rejon Taylor, who hijacked, kidnapped and killed a restaurant owner; and Alejandro Umana, who killed two brothers inside a restaurant.

Two men were on death row for the murders of witnesses: 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 a Medicare fraud investigation .

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

The list also includes men who committed fatal bank robberies, such as 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 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 because of drugs, as did co-defendants Ricardo Sanchez, Jr., and Daniel Troya, who killed a family, including two children.

Drug lord Kaboni Savage murdered or directed someone else to murder 12 people over a 16-year period — including an arson that killed six members of a federal informant’s family.

Edward Fields was on death row for murdering two campers on federal land, while Marvin Gabrion and Richard Jackson were both on death row 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 separate cases for killing a federal inmate: Shannon Agofsky, Carlos Caro, co-defendants Wesley Coonce and Charles Hall, co-defendants Christopher Cramer and Ricky Fackrell, Joseph Ebron and co-defendants Edgar Garcia and Mark Snarr .

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

Biden faced criticism earlier this month when he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 prisoners housed 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 sentence changes at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first term,” White House officials said in an earlier statement.

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

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

“President Biden has made a bold decision that will benefit many within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Resources can be allocated more rationally and staff will not be harmed by participating in executions as soon as possible. I hope state leaders follow suit, for the benefit of their own correctional 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 who issued a statement that said, in part, that this decision “marks an important turning point” and sends a “strong message to Americans that the death penalty is not the answer to our nation’s public safety concerns.”

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Biden said he condemns the killers and their “heinous actions” and mourns the victims and families who have suffered “unimaginable and irreparable loss,” but he “cannot stand by and allow a new administration to resume executions that I halted .” according to the White House statement.

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