As his term winds down, President Joe Biden has been granting clemencies and such. Earlier in December, President Biden pardoned three Texans, now he is adding to that list with prisoners housed in Texas.
Seven federal prisoners housed in Texas are among those whose sentences have been changed from death to life without parole. President Biden announced the sentence commutations for 37 of the nation's 40 federal death row inmates.
Most of those in Texas were condemned for stabbing and killing fellow inmates. This included Shannon Agofsky, who was already serving a life sentence, Christopher Cramer, Ricky Fackrell, and Joseph Enbron. Mark Snarr and Edgar Garcia also injured two correctional officers, while Julian Robinson killed two men in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Biden says the death penalty should be reserved for terrorism and hate-motivated mass murders. The Texas Tribune notes the federal government has executed 16 people since 1988 while in that same time, Texas has executed more than 500.
This follows after President Biden pardoned three Texans the second week of December as part of the largest single-day act of clemency in history.
The individuals were Nathaniel Reed from San Antonio, Mireya Walmsley from La Porte, and Lashundra Wilson from Arlington. Reed, a former Air Force Master Sergeant, and Walmsley, a healthcare worker, both turned their lives around after their convictions. Wilson, who was convicted as a teenager, has since worked in healthcare and volunteered extensively.
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