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Heinous double-murderer spared death sentence by Biden now wants to be freed, arguing ‘compassionate release’
The New York Post ^ | 12/30/2024 | Alex Oliveira

Posted on 12/30/2024 2:56:04 PM PST by thegagline

A cold-blooded killer who was spared the death penalty by President Biden is now demanding he be set completely free — because prison is just too awful.

Brandon Council, 38 — who killed two moms working at a bank — filed a motion Friday claiming the Indiana federal prison where he is staying is one of the worst in the world and that his solitary confinement has been tantamount to illegal torture.

The convicted double-murderer said he has endured “severe, unnecessary, and unjustifiable psychological harm” at FCI Terre Haute since his sentencing in 2019 and deserves “compassionate release.”

The conditions “can only be accurately construed and assimilated as an act of torture,” Council claimed, according to the Daily Mail.

*** The demand came just days after Biden infamously commuted the death sentences of Council and 36 other Death Row inmates Dec. 23 in one of his last acts in office.

The president’s action reduced their sentences to life in prison instead of execution.

Council was sentenced to death in 2019 for the heinous 2017 murders of two South Carolina bank employees and mothers — 59-year-old Donna Major, and 36-year-old Kathryn Skeen — during a bloody robbery.*** Council went into the CresCom Bank in Conway that August day with the intent of killing, according to US Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. He didn’t hesitate to shoot Major several times as she sat behind a counter. He then went into Skeen’s office and gunned her down, too.

He made off with $15,000 cash and the keys to both his victims’ cars.

Biden — who opposes the death penalty — acknowledged that the heinous crimes committed by Council and the other Death Row inmates were “despicable acts,” even as he bestowed leniency on them. ***

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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It is almost to the point that I’d call it a race war. However, is it a war when only one side is doing the killing?

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1 posted on 12/30/2024 2:56:04 PM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

(Liberal Response) You posted 3 pictures. Which one of them is the bank robber?


2 posted on 12/30/2024 2:59:06 PM PST by BobL
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To: BobL

Good one!


3 posted on 12/30/2024 3:00:26 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell )
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To: thegagline

It’s probably too late now, I assume, but it should be possible for South Carolina to prosecute, and possibly execute, the guy for murder, rather than relying on the federal government to do the right thing.


4 posted on 12/30/2024 3:01:23 PM PST by BobL
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To: BobL

Murder has no statute of limitations.


5 posted on 12/30/2024 3:03:52 PM PST by LukeL
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To: LukeL

“Murder has no statute of limitations.”

That’s what I’m kind of wondering. Just go after him for simple murder, and then gas him.


6 posted on 12/30/2024 3:05:12 PM PST by BobL
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To: thegagline

Unless he repents of his murderous deeds being in prison will be a heaven compared to his hades bound destiny.


7 posted on 12/30/2024 3:09:11 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: thegagline

Did biden pardon any White guys?


8 posted on 12/30/2024 3:10:20 PM PST by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: LukeL

Murder has no statute of limitations.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Light him up before the New Year!


9 posted on 12/30/2024 3:14:38 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Never forget, the Marxist-Democrats & RINOs who would destroy our country ARE STILL HERE!)
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To: LukeL
“Murder has no statute of limitations.”

Putting him on trial again for his life violates my understanding of the constitution's prohibition of double jeopardy.

I know, the federal government goes after people they don't like even after they are convicted - or acquitted - in state courts. I've never liked that because it violates our Bill of Rights.

10 posted on 12/30/2024 3:16:13 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: thegagline

Well, it’s not like he had anything to do with the Jan 6 INSURRECTION! (/S)


11 posted on 12/30/2024 3:21:56 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: jeffersondem

The dual sovereign clause also allows two states to prosecute for the same crime. As when a kidnapping crosses state lines. What I do not like is how the feds create laws which should only apply to the states.


12 posted on 12/30/2024 3:27:04 PM PST by LukeL
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Here’s the list of Bidet’s commutations

* Shannon Wayne Agofsky (Texas): Sentenced in 2004 in the killing of a prisoner.

* Billie Jerome Allen (Missouri): Sentenced in 1998 for his involvement in an armed bank robbery during which a bank guard was killed. He is a co-defendant of Norris Holder.

* Aquilia Marcivicci Barnette (North Carolina): Sentenced in 1998 for the killing of his ex-girlfriend and another man in a carjacking.

* Brandon Leon Basham (South Carolina): Sentenced in 2004 for the kidnapping and death of a woman following an escape from prison. He is a co-defendant of Chadrick Fulks.

* Anthony George Battle (Georgia): Sentenced in 1997 for the killing of a prison guard.

* Meier Jason Brown (Georgia): Sentenced in 2003 for the fatal stabbing of a postal worker.

* Carlos David Caro (Virginia): Sentenced in 2007 for the killing of a prisoner in a federal facility.

* Wesley Paul Coonce, Jr. (Missouri): Sentenced in 2014 for the killing of a fellow prisoner in the mental health unit of a federal prison. He is a co-defendant of Charles Hall.

* Brandon Michael Council (South Carolina): Sentenced in 2019 for killing two bank employees during the course of a bank robbery.

* Christopher Emery Cramer (Texas): Sentenced in 2018 for the killing of a fellow prisoner in a federal facility. He is a co-defendant of Ricky Fackrell.

* Len Davis (Louisiana): Police officer sentenced in 2005 for ordering the killing of a witness for an internal investigation into a police misconduct complaint against him.

* Joseph Ebron (Texas): Sentenced in 2009 for the killing of a prisoner in a federal facility.

* Ricky Allen Fackrell (Texas): Sentenced in 2018 for the killing of a prisoner in a federal facility. He is a co-defendant of Christopher Cramer.

* Edward Leon Fields, Jr. (Oklahoma): Sentenced in 2005 for the fatal shootings of two campers on federal land.

* Chadrick Evan Fulks (South Carolina): Sentenced in 2004 for the kidnapping and death of a woman after an escape from prison. He is a co-defendant of Brandon Basham.

* Marvin Charles Gabrion, II (Michigan): Sentenced in 2002 for killing a woman on federal land.

* Edgar Baltazar Garcia (Texas): Sentenced in 2010 for the fatal stabbing of a prisoner in a federal facility. He is a co-defendant of Mark Snarr.

* Thomas Morocco Hager (Virginia): Sentenced in 2007 for a drug-related killing.

* Charles Michael Hall (Missouri): Sentenced in 2014 for the killing of a prisoner in the mental health unit of a federal prison. He is a co-defendant of Wesley Coonce.

* Norris G. Holder (Missouri): Sentenced in 1998 for the fatal shooting of a security guard during a bank robbery. He is a co-defendant of Billie Allen.

* Richard Allen Jackson (North Carolina): Sentenced in 2001 for the fatal shooting of a woman while on federal property.

* Jurijus Kadamovas (California): Sentenced in 2007 for his involvement in the killings and kidnappings-for-ransom of five immigrants from Russia and Georgia. He is a co-defendant of Iouri Mikhel.

* Daryl Lawrence (Ohio): Sentenced in 2006 for the fatal shooting of a special-duty police officer in an attempted bank robbery.

* Iouri Mikhel (California): Sentenced in 2007 for his involvement in the killings and kidnappings-for-ransom of five Russian and Georgian immigrants. He is a co-defendant of Jurijus Kadamovas.

* Ronaldo Mikos (Illinois): Sentenced in 2005 for the killing of a federal grand jury witness in a Medicare fraud investigation.

* James H. Roane, Jr. (Virginia): Sentenced in 1993 for his participation in a series of drug-related killings. He is a co-defendant of Corey Johnson and Richard Tipton.

* Julius Omar Robinson (Texas): Sentenced in 2002 for the killing of two men in drug-related incidents.

* David Anthony Runyon (Virginia): Sentenced in 2009 for his involvement in the death of a Naval officer in a murder-for-hire plot.

* Ricardo Sanchez, Jr. (Florida): Sentenced in 2009 for his involvement in the drug-related killing of a family, including two children. He is a co-defendant of Daniel Troya.

* Thomas Steven Sanders (Louisiana): Sentenced in 2014 for a kidnapping resulting in death of a 12-year-old girl.

* Kaboni Savage (Pennsylvania): Sentenced in 2013 for his involvement in the killings of 12 people in connection with a drug enterprise.

* Mark Isaac Snarr (Texas): Sentenced in 2010 for the fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner while incarcerated in a federal prison. He is a co-defendant of Edgar Garcia.

* Rejon Taylor (Tennessee): Sentenced in 2008 for the carjacking, kidnapping and death of a restaurant owner.

* Richard Tipton (Virginia): Sentenced in 1993 for his participation in a series of drug-related killings. He is a co-defendant of Corey Johnson and James H. Roane, Jr.

* Jorge Avila Torrez (Virginia): Ex-Marine sentenced in 2014 for the killing of a fellow service member.

* Daniel Troya (Florida): Sentenced in 2009 for his involvement in the drug-related killing of a family, including two children. He is a co-defendant of Ricardo Sanchez, Jr.

* Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umaña (North Carolina): Sentenced in 2010 for the fatal shooting of two brothers in a North Carolina restaurant.

13 posted on 12/30/2024 3:33:00 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell )
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Homey upset that what he feared all along is true — spending his unnatural evil lifespan in a Fed Supermax, rather than being released by nitrogen gas or some strapped-down overdose.


14 posted on 12/30/2024 3:35:13 PM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: BobL

>>claiming the Indiana federal prison where he is staying is one of the worst in the world and that his solitary confinement has been tantamount to illegal torture.

We should get him out of that hellhole and contract with Russia to complete his sentence at the Black Dolphin.


15 posted on 12/30/2024 3:40:47 PM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: thegagline

I really appreciate your list of the offenders helped by Biden.

Many thanks.


16 posted on 12/30/2024 3:47:58 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: thegagline

Heard a pastor saying that so many Americans live a ‘secret sin’ (drunkenness, drug abuse, adultery) that they don’t much mind Infant Murder, LGBTQ and TransSickness...
Then we wonder why the judgement of God has come home to our republic.


17 posted on 12/30/2024 3:48:04 PM PST by InkStone (ONLY returning to Faith in God, thru Jesus Yeshua, will save America)
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To: thegagline

Photos....

As many victims’ families have tried to ask:
“The killer got all of his rights. When do the victims get rights?”


18 posted on 12/30/2024 3:49:11 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: thegagline

“Compassionate release.”

We’ll show you what compassion we have for you.


19 posted on 12/30/2024 3:50:14 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: thegagline

No mercy for the merciless.


20 posted on 12/30/2024 4:09:34 PM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the son of man, who has no salvation.")
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