Brutal Double Murderer Demands to be Set Free After Biden Spares His Life
In a chilling development tied to a notorious double-murder case, convicted killer Brandon Council, 38, has filed a motion seeking “compassionate release” from prison. This comes just days after President Joe Biden commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment without parole.
Council’s legal motion, submitted to the U.S. District Court in Florence, South Carolina, argues for his release on the grounds of “severe, unnecessary, and unjustifiable psychological harm” caused by prolonged solitary confinement since November 2019. His defense team claims this isolation amounts to “torture” and violates his constitutional rights. They further assert that solitary confinement was not a stipulated component of his original death sentence.
Council was sentenced to death in 2019 for the cold-blooded murders of CresCom Bank employees Donna Major, 59, and Katie Skeen, 38, during a 2017 armed robbery in Conway, South Carolina. The murders were captured on the bank’s security cameras, which played a critical role in both his apprehension by the Conway Police Department and his eventual conviction.
The bank’s surveillance footage, later shown during his three-week trial, forced the victims’ families to relive the horrifying final moments of the two women’s lives. Betty Davis, Skeen’s mother, recalled the pain of seeing the video evidence, stating, “There is no place for sympathy for that man.”
This request comes as the family of Skeen, one of the victims, reacted with outrage over the president’s decision to commute Council’s sentence. Betty Davis, Skeen’s mother, called both Biden and Council “low lives” after learning of the decision in a conference call with victim advocates.
Council’s request for release has reignited the family’s grief and anger. Davis, along with other family members, has expressed deep disappointment and outrage over the possibility that Council could walk free after the heinous crimes he committed.
Council’s legal motion, submitted to the U.S. District Court in Florence, South Carolina, argues for his release on the grounds of “severe, unnecessary, and unjustifiable psychological harm” caused by prolonged solitary confinement since November 2019. His defense team claims this isolation amounts to “torture” and violates his constitutional rights. They further assert that solitary confinement was not a stipulated component of his original death sentence.
Council was sentenced to death in 2019 for the cold-blooded murders of CresCom Bank employees Donna Major, 59, and Katie Skeen, 38, during a 2017 armed robbery in Conway, South Carolina. The murders were captured on the bank’s security cameras, which played a critical role in both his apprehension by the Conway Police Department and his eventual conviction.
The bank’s surveillance footage, later shown during his three-week trial, forced the victims’ families to relive the horrifying final moments of the two women’s lives. Betty Davis, Skeen’s mother, recalled the pain of seeing the video evidence, stating, “There is no place for sympathy for that man.”
This request comes as the family of Skeen, one of the victims, reacted with outrage over the president’s decision to commute Council’s sentence. Betty Davis, Skeen’s mother, called both Biden and Council “low lives” after learning of the decision in a conference call with victim advocates.
Council’s request for release has reignited the family’s grief and anger. Davis, along with other family members, has expressed deep disappointment and outrage over the possibility that Council could walk free after the heinous crimes he committed.
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