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Trump DOJ Moves Two Biden-Commuted Death Row Inmates To ADX Supermax Prison

Last December’s sweeping clemency actions by the Biden administration left many Americans stunned. Remember when presidents actually consulted victims’ families before showing mercy to their loved ones’ killers?

Thirty-seven death row inmates saw their sentences commuted in what critics called a transparent political stunt, decisions made without proper vetting and without notifying the families whose lives had been forever shattered.

Now, under Attorney General Pam Bondi’s leadership, the Justice Department is taking decisive action to ensure these violent offenders face appropriate consequences within the bounds of their commuted sentences. While commutations cannot be reversed, the conditions of confinement can reflect the severe security risks these individuals pose.

Two particularly brutal killers were transferred Thursday to the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado – the notorious ADX “Supermax” prison. These transfers bring to ten the total number of Biden-commuted death row inmates relocated to America’s most secure federal facility since mid-September, with all 37 expected to be moved there by early next year.

The two criminals processed into ADX on Thursday committed acts so horrific they shock the conscience. One stalked his ex-girlfriend from Virginia to North Carolina, cutting phone lines before dousing her apartment building with gasoline and setting it ablaze. Though she escaped through a second-story window with severe burns, he hunted her down two months later, gunning her down on the street just steps from her mother’s home.

The other, a corrupt New Orleans police officer nicknamed “Robocop,” orchestrated the murder of a mother of three who had filed a brutality complaint against him. The FBI caught him on tape ordering the killing as part of their investigation into a cocaine protection racket he was running. He also falsely testified in murder cases, helping wrongfully convict three teenagers.

These men will now join some of America’s most notorious criminals at ADX, including Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef, and cartel leader “El Chapo.”
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FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Since the DoJ seems so politicized, I imagine many of those locked up just have to wait a few years for the tide to turn again and their sentences will be up for further review.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@FreddieUK

Yes. No doubt President Newsom will commute their sentences to time served, citing time off for good behavior. 🙄
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@Thinkerbell Not sure about the 'no doubt', but the way things are it's a possibility.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@FreddieUK

Yes, I stand corrected.

The "no doubt" would apply only if the criminals in question had contributed generously to Democrats' political campaigns.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@Thinkerbell the prison industrial complex in CA is HUGE. He ain’t touching that .
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@AthrillatheHunt

The California incarceration rate is 494 per 100,000, well below the US average of 608.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_incarceration_and_correctional_supervision_rate
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@Thinkerbell the population of California is also 10 times that of other states. Think total numbers , not percentages, to get the true size of it.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@AthrillatheHunt

In 2023, there were 397 murders in Memphis, a city of about 600,000.
In 2023, there were 391 murders in New York City, a city of about 8.3 million.

By your reasoning, the total numbers are about the same.
In actual fact, a random person in Memphis is almost 14 times more likely to be murdered than a random person in NYC.

Similarly with California: a random criminal there is only about 80% as likely to be jailed as a random criminal in the rest of the US, unless of course you assume that California has a lower percentage of criminals than the rest of the US.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@Thinkerbell what’s the total number of inmates in California ? What’s the national total ? Bet CA is at least 10/20% of the national total if not more .
You’re talking about the micro numbers I’m talking about the macro numbers. We are probably both right.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@AthrillatheHunt

The number of inmates in CA is about 195,000.

The total number of inmates in the US is about 2.1 million.

195,000/2.1 million = 9.3%

Cali's percentage of the population is 39.4/342 = 11.5%,

So as I stated, they are softer on crime there than in the rest of the US. Surprise, surprise.