[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 24 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 24

  Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Anthony George 
        Battle granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 14, 2025

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Anthony George 
        Battle granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH 
              SENTENCE OF ANTHONY GEORGE BATTLE GRANTED BY PRESIDENT 
              BIDEN ON DECEMBER 23, 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 commuted the death 
        sentence of Anthony George Battle on December 23, 2024;
            (2) Anthony Battle was convicted of murdering his wife, a 
        U.S. Marine, and sentenced to life imprisonment;
            (3) while Battle was serving his life sentence at Atlanta 
        Federal Penitentiary, he murdered a 31-year-old correctional 
        officer named D'Antonio Washington by bludgeoning Washington in 
        the back of the head repeatedly with a ball-peen hammer;
            (4) when Battle was questioned by investigators, he had no 
        remorse and stated that he was ``happy'' he killed Washington;
            (5) this commutation is a reprehensible insult to the 
        victims of Anthony Battle;
            (6) President Biden claimed that he commuted the death 
        sentences of Anthony Battle and 36 other murderers out of a 
        principled opposition to the death penalty but refused to 
        commute the death sentences of the 3 most controversial death 
        row inmates, demonstrating that President Biden was motivated 
        by politics, not principles; and
            (7) the Senate unequivocally condemns this commutation.
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