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Biden commutes death sentence for Philadelphia drug lord who killed 12 people, including children
ABC News Philadelphia affiliate ^ | December 23, 2024 | Annie McCormick

Posted on 12/27/2024 9:26:47 PM PST by grundle

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, including a Philadelphia drug lord who was convicted of killing a dozen people.

Their punishments were converted to life in prison.

Biden said the decision was guided by his conscience, and comes just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

"These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder," Biden said.

One of those inmates is Kaboni Savage, who was convicted of killing 12 people, including four children.

The youngest victims died when Savage ordered the firebombing of the house where they lived in an act of retribution against a witness.

Family members of the children who died are devastated. That includes Tina Fox, who told Action News she is disappointed in the president.

Many of Fox's relatives were murdered at Savage's direction at a home on North 6th Street in 2004.

"This crime is beyond violent," she said. "They were children. They would've been adults now but they don't have a say. You can't hear their voice. They were killed innocently."

Fox's cousin, Eugene Coleman, became a federal informant against Savage. The fire killed two adults, including Coleman's mother, and four children, including an infant.

Savage was convicted of those murders that he ordered from prison. He was also found guilty in six other murders, including a man scheduled to testify against him and rival drug dealers.

Attorney Fortunato Perri Jr., who does not represent Savage, explained Biden's announcement is not a surprise after seeing a major push by critics of the death penalty to abolish it nationwide.

"The national trend has been going away from the death penalty," Perri told Action News.

Perri said Biden's decision is final.

"That simply means that the individual will remain incarcerated with a life sentence, as opposed to an effort to have him executed down the road. That's something now that can never happen," Perri said.

In a statement, President Biden said he believes America must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level except in cases of terrorism and hate motivated mass murder. The three death row inmates that remain, he says, fit that category.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commutation; crime; fjb; philadelphia
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1 posted on 12/27/2024 9:26:47 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Invalid


2 posted on 12/27/2024 9:29:20 PM PST by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: grundle

The devil wears diapers


3 posted on 12/27/2024 9:29:46 PM PST by madison10
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To: grundle

(Biden commutes death sentence for Philadelphia drug lord who killed 12 people, including children)

The Democratic Party loves criminals

Birds 🐦 🐦 🐦 of a feather πŸͺΆπŸͺΆπŸͺΆ and all that


4 posted on 12/27/2024 9:30:09 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: madison10
God may not be a Republican

But Satan is certainly a Democrat



5 posted on 12/27/2024 9:30:47 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: grundle

obama is an America hating Muslim and biden is his stooge.


6 posted on 12/27/2024 9:36:45 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: grundle

At least PedoJoe Biteme is consistent.

Consistently crooked, that is.

I hope, for his sake, that he finally comes to Yeshua. Time is running out for him, however.


7 posted on 12/27/2024 9:39:32 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam. sic semper tyrannis.)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.


8 posted on 12/27/2024 9:45:14 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: grundle

10% for The Big Guy.


9 posted on 12/27/2024 10:05:48 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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“Perri said Biden’s decision is final.”

It wasn’t Chomo Joe. It was his white liberal lackey woman who said she is granting pardons and commutations based on race.


10 posted on 12/27/2024 10:12:29 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: grundle
"...except in cases of terrorism or hate motivated mass murder" which is WAY more evil than burning children alive" said Biden.
11 posted on 12/27/2024 10:20:27 PM PST by A strike (death to taggers)
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To: grundle
"The national trend has been going away from the death penalty," Perri told Action News.

Grrrrrrrr.

I want a great expansion of offenses covered and a law limiting frivolous appeals. Possibly a time limit on appeals like they have statutes of limitations for the victims of the criminals.

12 posted on 12/27/2024 10:30:09 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: grundle

Victims lose. Their loved ones lose.

Dems and bleeding hearts win. For now.


13 posted on 12/27/2024 10:31:19 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: grundle

Scumbag has no conscience.


14 posted on 12/27/2024 10:41:46 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Drug kingpin Kaboni Savage killed 12 people including children.
Biden commuted his death sentence to life which means he'll go free eventually.

15 posted on 12/27/2024 11:44:39 PM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))
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To: grundle

“These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder,” Biden said.
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One of those inmates is Kaboni Savage, who was convicted of killing 12 people, including four children.
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Apparently, those 12 murders were motivated by love.


16 posted on 12/27/2024 11:47:06 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: grundle

Time to let Hillary know that Joe and Hunter Biden know her secrets and are about to spill the beans.


17 posted on 12/28/2024 2:27:54 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: madison10
LOL.

A remarkably evil and venal individual. Really it's the thing he excels in.

Has been tremendously destructive to the country.

This subversion of just sentences for these extraordinary crimes is nothing short of a love offering to his boss, satan.

Soon enough Joe will be standing tall before the Man. Would not want to be him.

18 posted on 12/28/2024 2:35:54 AM PST by caddie
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To: TheElectionWasStolen
Yes. Invalid. He's non compos mentis. There MUST be a way to rescind all of these decisions.
19 posted on 12/28/2024 2:39:30 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: grundle

I agree with Biden on this, but not for the same reason.

I stopped supporting the death penalty years ago when I realized how corrupt our justice system has become.

The gov’t cannot be trusted to convict only the guilty.


20 posted on 12/28/2024 2:52:09 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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