On Monday, President Joe Biden announced that he commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row. Those men will have their sentences reclassified from execution to life without the possibility of parole.
Biden’s announcement came out of the White House at 4:30 a.m. Eastern Time, 28 days until the end of Biden’s term in office.
“President Biden has dedicated his career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system. He believes that America must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level, except in cases of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder – which is why today’s actions apply to all but those cases. When President Biden came into office, his Administration imposed a moratorium on federal executions, and his actions today will prevent the next Administration from carrying out the execution sentences that would not be handed down under current policy and practice,” the White House said.
Three men did not have their sentences commuted: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the men involved with the Boston Marathon pressure-cooker bomb that killed three; Robert Bowers, who was convicted of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue antisemitic attack that killed 11; and Dylann Roof, who killed nine churchgoers in what was called a racially motivated shooting in South Carolina.
Some of the men who had their sentences commuted killed more people than Tsarnaev, the Chechen-born Boston Marathon bomber.
Among those whose death sentences have been commuted are rapists, kidnappers, bombers, and murderers, such as Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks, who raped and killed two women during a 17-day crime spree across several states.
Also being spared is Kaboni Savage, a drug dealer, organized crime leader, and mass murderer who ordered the firebombing of a house where a federal witness lived, killing six people, including the witness.
Shannon Wayne Agofsky, who murdered a bank president and dumped his body in a lake in Oklahoma in 1989, will also be spared the death penalty. During his time in prison he has murdered a fellow inmate.
Jurijus Kadamovas and Iouri Gherman Mikhel are Soviet Union-born serial killers who immigrated to the United States from Lithuania and Russia, respectively. They kidnapped and killed five people over a four month period beginning in late 2001, and demanded ransom. They will be spared by Biden.
Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umana, aka “Wizard,” murdered several people over a period of time across several states as part of his role in the Mexican gang MS-13. He is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador.
At the time of his death penalty sentencing in 2010, the FBI agent in charge said, “The jury’s finding today sends a message to those gang members who think they can avoid responsibility for their deeds. We will not stop going after them. The people and agencies that took part in this investigation and prosecution prove perseverance and commitment pay off.”
Daniel “Homer” Troya and Ricardo “Ricky” Sanchez, Jr. were convicted of carjacking, death and other felonies for the 2006 deaths of Jose “Lou” and Yessica Escobedo, and their sons, ages 4 and 3. Their bodies were found riddled with bullets off the side of the road near Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Biden has already pardoned, commuted the sentences, or granted clemency to over 8,000 people, the most in history, including his own son, Hunter Biden, for whom he gave a blanket pardon for all crimes known and unknown from 2014 to December of 2024.
The names of all 37 men and their federal inmate numbers who have been spared by Biden’s actions on Dec. 23, 2024:
| SHANNON WAYNE AGOFSKY | 06267-045 |
| BILLIE JEROME ALLEN | 26901-044 |
| AQUILIA MARCIVICCI BARNETTE | 12599-058 |
| BRANDON LEON BASHAM | 98940-071 |
| ANTHONY GEORGE BATTLE | 11451-056 |
| MEIER JASON BROWN | 11364-021 |
| CARLOS DAVID CARO | 37786-079 |
| WESLEY PAUL COONCE, JR. | 30011-039 |
| BRANDON MICHAEL COUNCIL | 63961-056 |
| CHRISTOPHER EMORY CRAMER | 10422-081 |
| LEN DAVIS | 24325-034 |
| JOSEPH EBRON | 08655-007 |
| RICKY ALLEN FACKRELL | 12324-081 |
| EDWARD LEON FIELDS, JR. | 04136-063 |
| CHADRICK EVAN FULKS | 16617-074 |
| MARVIN CHARLES GABRION, II | 09184-055 |
| EDGAR BALTAZAR GARCIA | 28132-177 |
| THOMAS MOROCCO HAGER | 08596-007 |
| CHARLES MICHAEL HALL | 03766-036 |
| NORRIS G. HOLDER | 26902-044 |
| RICHARD ALLEN JACKSON | 16669-058 |
| JURIJUS KADAMOVAS | 21050-112 |
| DARYL LAWRENCE | 66476-061 |
| IOURI MIKHEL | 23675-112 |
| RONALD MIKOS | 20716-424 |
| JAMES H. ROANE, JR. | 32923-083 |
| JULIUS OMAR ROBINSON | 26190-177 |
| DAVID ANTHONY RUNYON | 57997-083 |
| RICARDO SANCHEZ, JR. | 75820-004 |
| THOMAS STEVEN SANDERS | 15967-043 |
| KABONI SAVAGE | 58232-066 |
| MARK ISAAC SNARR | 11093-081 |
| REJON TAYLOR | 41070-074 |
| RICHARD TIPTON | 32922-083 |
| JORGE AVILA TORREZ | 16054-084 |
| DANIEL TROYA | 75817-004 |
| ALEJANDRO ENRIQUE RAMIREZ UMAÑA | 23077-058 |
This was a mistake. Justice for the victims and their families must mean nothing to the man.
Biden just reinforced negative behaviors of the worst kind.
Us taxpayers should buy up houses in his neighborhood and let criminals live there for free.
A bunch of attorneys are going to receive their termination notices this morning. Just in time for Christmas.
Joe Biden will go down in history as a joke.
Mark…I like the way you think!!!
No one is above the law unless you area democrat.
Biden doesn’t even know what a pardoned or commuted sentence means. His brain is in a permanent Alzheimer’s fog. This is the work of his political activist aides in the White House. The non-pardoned criminals are determined by whether or not the crime was racially motivated.
I’ll bet the majority of the pardoned criminals are African American.
Yes, his brain may be applesauce. If the majority of pardoned are afro, it because the majority of convicts are afro. It’s math.
The good news: Biden didn’t pardon these bad people.
The bad news: They won’t fry, and styrofoam brain continues to demolish the justice system.
What a disgrace, and shows what happens when elections are stolen.
Biden will probably have sympathy for Satan at the day of judgment. Biden’s politics in general, his commutations today, and many of his personal behaviors are utterly wicked. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord.
I wonder who actually issued the pardons.
Some under secretary at the doj probably.
NO just punishment for murderers of adults, and murderers of babies get federal subsidies… The high priest of the death cult strikes again.
I genuinely hope our next President takes our current to task. Reverse a bunch of this crap, toss the cretin in the pokey and change the name back to Mount McKinley.
You know I hate the name changing ,history changing BS malarkey going on around our country as much or more than most. But the reality is, McKinley didnt really deserve the homage and Denali is a more fitting name.
I hope it stays
Nothing wrong with it’s original name.
👍 Which is Denali.😁
“except in cases of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder”. So gross — all murder is hate-motivated!!! Apparently kid killers get a pass too. Biden and his handlers are all so absolutely disgusting.
Last minute cash grab for Biden Inc.
I am sure there is plenty of cash being passed under the table for all the full pardons as well as the commuted death sentences as well.
Joe is very accomplished when it comes to marketing political influence especially while working out trade deals with China and Ukraine under the watchful eyes of Obama as VP.
Hunter is happy to be off the hook and back in the saddle.
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