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He was later convicted in the 2001 stomping death of fellow inmate, Luther Plant, while he was incarcerated in a Texas prison.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Two days before Christmas, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row — drawing praise from criminal justice groups, but outrage from Republicans and some victims' families.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
But legally, their consent is not required as the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that the president can commute a death sentence without an inmate's consent.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
One defendant, charged with attacking police officers with a baseball bat, even promoted an A.I. video of inmates in orange jumpsuits parading triumphantly out of jailhouse doors.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Two days before Christmas, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row — drawing praise from criminal justice groups, but outrage from Republicans and some victims' families.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
But legally, their consent is not required as the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that the president can commute a death sentence without an inmate's consent.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
One defendant, charged with attacking police officers with a baseball bat, even promoted an A.I. video of inmates in orange jumpsuits parading triumphantly out of jailhouse doors.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Inmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inmate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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