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Michael Sainato

Two death row inmates reject Joe Biden’s commutations

The sign at the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal prison, with a guard tower in the background.
Both men are being held at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Photograph: Michael Conroy/AP

Two of the 37 federal prisoners whose death sentences were commuted to life in prison without parole last month by Joe Biden are refusing to accept the action.

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis, both currently held at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, filed emergency motions in court on 30 December seeking injunctions to block the commutation of their death sentences.

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