[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 25 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 25

  Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Marvin Charles 
      Gabrion II 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 Marvin Charles 
      Gabrion II granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH 
              SENTENCE OF MARVIN CHARLES GABRION II 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 Marvin Charles Gabrion II on December 23, 2024;
            (2) Marvin Gabrion was sentenced to death for murdering 19-
        year-old Rachel Timmerman just 2 days before she was scheduled 
        to testify that Gabrion had abducted and raped her;
            (3) Marvin Gabrion was also the prime suspect in the 
        disappearance and murder of several other individuals, 
        including Rachel Timmerman's 11-month-old daughter and 2 
        potential witnesses at his rape trial;
            (4) this commutation is a reprehensible insult to the 
        victims of Marvin Gabrion;
            (5) President Biden claimed that he commuted the death 
        sentences of Marvin Gabrion 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
            (6) the Senate unequivocally condemns this commutation.
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