US SR24

Senate resolution condemning President Biden's December 23, 2024 commutation of the death sentence of Anthony George Battle, one of 37 death row inmates whose sentences were commuted

Anthony Battle was originally convicted of murdering his wife, a U.S. Marine, and sentenced to life imprisonment

While serving his life sentence at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Battle murdered 31-year-old correctional officer D'Antonio Washington by bludgeoning him with a ball-peen hammer; Battle reportedly expressed no remorse and stated he was "happy" he killed Washington

Resolution argues Biden's claim of principled opposition to the death penalty is contradicted by his refusal to commute sentences for 3 "most controversial" death row inmates, suggesting political motivation

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the commutation undermined the rule of law and denied justice to victims