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Family of Murder Victim Slams 'Despicable' Timing of Biden's Death Row Commutations: 'A Christmas Gift to the Perpetrators of Murder'

President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 inmates to life without parole on Monday. (Credit: Getty Images)

A man who bound a rape victim and then threw her in a lake to drown her while she was still alive had his death sentence commuted to life on Monday by President Joe Biden, angering the victim's family.

The victim's father described the timing of the president's decision as "despicable," Fox 59 reported.

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