Whose Death Penalty Sentences did Biden Commute?

Part 1 of the Murderers who Biden Saved

By Chuck Warren

The “rule of law” administration has been keeping busy pardoning criminals and commuting their sentences. Last week, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of the 40 death row criminals after talking to the pope. So much for the Democrats’ keeping religion and politics separate!

There is so much hypocrisy in Biden’s latest lawlessness. He didn’t commute the sentences of three death row prisoners: the Tree of Life synagogue shooter, the Charleston church shooter, and the Boston Marathon bomber, the only three who had a political motivation for their crimes.

If the death penalty is wrong, then why not commute all 40? If it is acceptable then why commute anyone? And why did Biden listen to the pope’s advice on the death penalty and not abortion?

Answer: The pope is the cover to make progressive activists happy. This is not about Biden’s opposition to the death penalty. For one, he was a fierce supporter of it until yesterday.

But regardless of what you think of the death penalty, the thing is that it is not Biden’s call. Congress makes laws, and Congress has decided that certain crimes deserve the death penalty. The president doesn’t make or change laws, he is supposed to execute them faithfully. Biden—or whoever is running the White House, maybe Dr. Jill?—has decided to override the will of the people through Congress and decisions made by courts.

And in favor of the worst of the worst. Here are what 24 of them did but had their sentences commuted nonetheless.

Shannon Wayne Agofsky was sentenced to life sentence for killing someone during armed robbery. He then killed a fellow inmate while serving his sentence and was sentenced to death after his second murder.

Billie Jerome Allen killed a bank guard during an armed robbery.

Jorge Avila-Torrez raped and murdered 8-year-old Laura Hobbs and 9-year-old Krystal Tobias in 2005. Laura’s father, Jerry, was wrongfully arrested and spent 5 years in prison before DNA tests acquitted him. In 2009, he strangled Navy intelligence specialist, 20-year-old Amanda Jean Snell to death. Then in 2010, he abducted two women and tied them up in their apartment. He kidnapped one of them and raped and strangled her, but unbeknownst to him she survived and reported him to the police.

Edgar Baltazar Garcia was already in federal prison when he collaborated with another inmate to kill a third prisoner. They used a knife in prison and stabbed one officer 23 times and another one twice to get cell keys from them. Then they proceeded to unlock the cell of Gabriel Rhone, who they stabbed 50 times and murdered.

Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette used to date and live with Robin Williams, before being dumped by her. He continued to harass her, including threatening letters and phone calls. He then traveled to see Williams. On his way, he shot and killed Donald Lee Allen before stealing his car. Then he drove to Williams’s, then living with her mother, and shot and killed her outside her residence.

Brandon Leon Basham escaped prison with another inmate. The two went on a crime spree for 17 days. They carjacked several people and broke into homes and stole valuable goods and firearms. They tied one victim to a pole in freezing cold weather, shot a cop, and raped and killed two women. The body of Alice Donovan, one of the women who was a 44-year-old mother, was found years later. She was kidnapped from a Walmart before being robbed and raped. Samantha Burns’s body has never been found. She was also abducted and raped before being murdered. She was a 21-year-old college student when she was murdered.

Anthony George Battle sexually assaulted and killed his wife in 1987 and went to prison and was convicted to life in prison. While serving his sentence, in 1994, he stole a ball peen hammer from technicians in prison and killed 31-year-old prison guard, D’Antonio Andrew Washington, with it.

Meier Jason Brown killed a 48-year-old mailwoman while robbing a post office.

Carlos David Caro was sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking, where he became a prison gang leader of Texas Syndicate prison gang, infamous for its violence. And then he strangled his cellmate with a towel.

Brandon Michael Council was under probation for larceny when he decided to rob a bank. During the robbery, he shot and killed two employees, Donna Major and Kathryn Skeen, before stealing $15,000.

Len Davis was a corrupt cop. He was giving protection to drug traffickers in exchange for money. He also received multiple suspensions for his behavior as a cop. In 1994, 32-year-old Kim Groves, and a mother of three, filed a police brutality complaint against him. Hours later, he enlisted a drug dealer, Paul Hardy, to retaliate against Davis. Groves was shot dead hours after filing the complaint.

Chadrick Evan Fulks was Brandon Leon Basham’s co-assailant in all of his crimes.

Marvin Charles Gabrion II raped 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman. Before the rape trial began, Rachel Timmerman and her 11-month-old Shannon went missing. Rachel’s dead body was found later. She had been shackled to a cinder block with chains and thrown in the lake alive. 11-month-old Shannon’s body has not been found, and she is presumed dead.

Norris G. Holder was Billie Jerome Allen’s co-assailant during the bank robbery, where they killed a bank guard.

Jurijus Kadamovas is an immigrant from Lithuania who ran a ransom business, targeting rich Russian Americans. He kidnapped many people, murdering five of them. He suffocated Meyer Muscatel, 58, and disposed of his body. He murdered 39-year-old Rita Pekler and disposed of her body. He killed Alexander Umansky, 35, despite the fact that the ransom he had asked was paid. And finally, he killed Nick Kharabadze and George Safiev, despite the fact that ransom had been partially paid. These crimes happened within three months.

Richard Allen Jackson kidnapped, raped, and murdered 22-year-old Karen Styles. Styles was out jogging but was reported missing after not coming back home. Jackson had abducted her and taken her to the woods. He tied her to a tree, duct-taped her mouth, and raped her. He also tortured her with a stun gun. After her duct tape fell off, she began to scream, which is when Jackson shot her in the head and killed her.

Iouri Mikhel is an immigrant from Russia and was Jurijus Kadamovas co-assailant in his crimes.

Ronald Mikos was a podiatrist in Chicago. In 2001, he began being investigated for Medicare fraud, reporting procedures he had not performed. 54-year-old Joyce Brannon, a resident of a church rectory, had agreed to testify against him. In January 2002, Mikos met with Brannon at her apartment to convince her not to testify. When his attempt failed, he killed her after shooting her six times.

David Anthony Runyon was hired by Cat Voss and her boyfriend Michael Draven to kill Cat Voss’s husband Cory Voss, a Navy officer. This way, they would be able to claim life insurance and get rid of him. Runyon abducted Cory Voss, took him to an abandoned area, and killed him after shooting him five times.

Kaboni Savage was a drug trafficking organization’s leader. The group was responsible for extreme violence and murder in Philadelphia. He was first accused of the murder of Kenneth Lassiter after Lassiter, a complete stranger, bumped into his car. He was acquitted after a trial witness, Tybius Flowers, was also murdered. He ordered the murder of at least four people related to his drug business until 2004. In 2004, he ordered the firebombing of the house of Eugene Coleman, a key witness against him. Four children and two adults were killed in the attack.

Ricardo Sanchez Jr. was a member of a violent drug business in Florida. He was convicted of the murder of the Escobedo family. He stopped their car on the road, shooting Mr. and Mrs. Escobedo and their 3- and 4-year-olds.

Mark Isaac Snarr was Edgar Baltazar Garcia’s co-assailant in the prison stabbing and murder case.

Thomas Steven Sanders kidnapped 12-year-old Lexis Roberts while she was on a road trip with her mother, Suellen Roberts, in Nevada. He murdered Suellen and took Lexis with him to Louisiana, where he shot her dead.

Daniel Troya was Ricardo Sanchez Jr.’s co-assailant and convicted of the same crime.

Note: the opinions expressed herein are those of Chuck Warren only and not his co-host Sam Stone or Breaking Battlegrounds’ staff.