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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 25 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Marvin Charles |
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| 6 | 6 | | Gabrion II granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OTTONsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of |
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| 14 | 14 | | Marvin Charles Gabrion II granted by President Biden |
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| 15 | 15 | | on December 23, 2024. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Resolved, 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE COM-2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | MUTATION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | MARVIN CHARLES GABRION II GRANTED BY 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | PRESIDENT BIDEN ON DECEMBER 23, 2024. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is the sense of the Senate that— 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) President Joseph R. Biden undermined the 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | rule of law and robbed victims of justice when he 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | commuted the death sentence of Marvin Charles 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Gabrion II on December 23, 2024; 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •SRES 25 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) Marvin Gabrion was sentenced to death for 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | murdering 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman just 2 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | days before she was scheduled to testify that 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Gabrion had abducted and raped her; 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) Marvin Gabrion was also the prime suspect 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | in the disappearance and murder of several other in-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | dividuals, including Rachel Timmerman’s 11-month- 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | old daughter and 2 potential witnesses at his rape 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | trial; 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) this commutation is a reprehensible insult 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | to the victims of Marvin Gabrion; 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) President Biden claimed that he commuted 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the death sentences of Marvin Gabrion and 36 other 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | murderers out of a principled opposition to the death 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | penalty but refused to commute the death sentences 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the 3 most controversial death row inmates, dem-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | onstrating that President Biden was motivated by 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | politics, not principles; and 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (6) the Senate unequivocally condemns this 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | commutation. 20 |
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