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Re: Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
« Reply #25 on: December 19, 2024, 07:02:59 pm »
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‘Black Widow,’ Who Murdered 3 Ex-Lovers, Freed in Biden’s Historic Clemency Spree
Biden said all his clemency recipients were 'convicted of non-violent crimes'
Chuck Ross   
December 18, 2024

A Maryland woman dubbed the "Black Widow" for murdering two husbands and a boyfriend for insurance money is now free after President Joe Biden commuted her 40-year prison sentence, undercutting the White House's claim that Biden released only "non-violent" offenders in a clemency bonanza last week.

Among the 1,500 federal convicts granted clemency was Josephine Virginia Gray, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2002 for insurance fraud schemes connected to the murders of three men between 1974 and 1996. Gray was resentenced to the same amount of time again in 2006 following a series of appeals.

Gray, who collected $165,000 from the three insurance settlements, was charged with murder by Maryland state authorities but ultimately convicted in federal court in 2002 for insurance fraud for violating what’s known as the "slayers rule," which prohibits killers from receiving inheritance and insurance proceeds from their victims' death.  ...

The COVID-19 pandemic allowed Gray—and the rest of Biden's clemency recipients—to serve out their sentences in home confinement. Now, Biden has freed Gray altogether in what the White House called the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history." Biden, in order to correct historical "injustices," granted clemency to those "convicted of non-violent crimes who were sentenced under outdated laws, policies, and practices that left them with longer sentences than if the individuals were sentenced today," the White House said.

But Gray’s body count "puts the lie to [Biden’s claim that] these are non-violent offenders," according to a former federal prosecutor who handled her case.

"It pisses me off, as you can imagine," James Trusty, who prosecuted Gray as assistant U.S. attorney in Greenbelt, Md., told the Washington Free Beacon. ...
https://freebeacon.com/biden-harris-administration/black-widow-who-murdered-3-ex-lovers-freed-in-bidens-historic-clemency-spree/
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Re: Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2024, 06:12:41 am »
Tyrus on Biden freeing ‘Black Widow’ killer: Who is making these pardons?

Fox News contributor Tyrus and the ‘Gutfeld!’ panel react to President Biden's historic pardoning spree that includes a woman who was charged with murdering three of her ex-lovers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/tyrus-on-biden-freeing-%E2%80%98black-widow%E2%80%99-killer-who-is-making-these-pardons/vi-AA1wciLA?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Re: Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2024, 06:17:09 am »
She obviously is not guilty of killing her boyfriends since Biden was only releasing "nonviolent" convicts. :whistle:
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Re: Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2024, 07:45:34 am »
The wildest Christmas pardons and clemency orders Biden handed out
 
President Joe Biden handed out a historic number of pardons and clemency orders during his final days in the White House.

"As president, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for nonviolent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses," Biden said in a statement.
 
During what the White House described as “the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history," Biden, in early December, commuted the sentences of approximately 1,500 prisoners and pardoned another 39 citizens. One in particular, his son Hunter Biden, sparked backlash. However, there are many other convicted criminals whom critics similarly say did not merit the act of mercy.

Here is a breakdown of Joe Biden’s most controversial acts of clemency. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/the-wildest-christmas-pardons-and-clemency-orders-biden-handed-out/ar-AA1wgMXd?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=06c87601e86d4bebac98ab7f1087fcfa&ei=124
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