[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 935 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 935

  Condemning the commutation of Michael Conahan granted by President 
                      Biden on December 12, 2024.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 19 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

 Mr. Cotton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Condemning the commutation of Michael Conahan granted by President 
                      Biden on December 12, 2024.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE COMMUTATION OF MICHAEL 
              CONAHAN GRANTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON DECEMBER 12, 2024.

    It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) President Joseph R. Biden undermined the rule of law 
        and robbed victims of justice, when he issued the commutation 
        of Michael Conahan on December 12, 2024;
            (2) Michael Conahan was a judge convicted of accepting 
        kickbacks in exchange for his role in sentencing more than 
        2,300 children to private juvenile detention centers;
            (3) this commutation is a reprehensible insult to the 
        victims of Michael Conahan;
            (4) the action of the President is made yet more outrageous 
        by his failure to individually review Michael Conahan's case;
            (5) President Biden acted contrary to the original intent 
        of the Presidential pardon power to correct specific and 
        limited failures in the criminal justice system; and
            (6) the Senate condemns this commutation and condemns the 
        process by which it was approved.
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