Brandon Council, convicted in the brutal double murder of two bank employees in 2017, is asking for early release after President Biden commuted his death sentence.
A South Carolina man convicted in the brutal double murder of two bank employees in 2017 is asking for a ' compassionate release ' days after President Biden spared his life and commuted his death sentence . Brandon Council, 28, was convicted in September 2019 in the 2017 double murder of Conway bank employees Katie Skeen, 36, and Donna Major, 59. Council was then sentenced to death by a federal court one month later.
Council was one of 37 federal inmates on death row who had their sentences commuted to life in prison by Biden. On Friday, Council filed a motion in the U.S. District Court in Florence arguing that he deserved a 'compassionate release' because he had been subjected to 'severe, unnecessary, and unjustifiable psychological harm' that 'can only be accurately construed and assimilated as an act of torture,' since he was permanently housed in solitary confinement since Nov. 4, 2019, according to records obtained by WBTW. A compassionate release is described by the American Bar Organization as the process by which those incarcerated may seek early release, whether to community supervision or to their communities, due to extraordinary or compelling circumstances. Several people have openly disagreed with Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences, including Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., who said the decision was 'shameful.' 'Biden’s move to pardon 37 federal death row inmates - including 3 men from South Carolina who committed unspeakable acts - continues to shock Americans nationwide. This decision is shameful. It is high time to return America to a country of law and order,' Fry wrote in a post on X. Fry added in another post following the announcement that Biden's decision 'disgraces victims’ memories nationwide
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