Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences of two convicted murderers and kidnappers, Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks, who were responsible for the death of Samantha Burns, a 19-year-old student from West Virginia.
In a heartfelt message posted on X, Manchin shared that he had spoken with Burns’s parents, Kandi and John Burns, who expressed their outrage at Biden’s “horribly misguided and insulting” decision to spare the lives of their daughter’s killers.
Burns, along with another victim, Alice Donovan, was killed during a 17-day crime spree after Basham and Fulks escaped from a Kentucky prison.
Manchin stated the Biden administration ignored the heartfelt letters from the Burns family pleading against the commutation.
Particularly since Samantha’s family wrote letters to President Biden & the Department of Justice, pleading for them not to do this, but their concerns were unheard. I can’t imagine the grief that Kandi and John Burns are reliving and dealing with during the holiday season. (2/3)
— Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) December 26, 2024
“I can’t imagine the grief that Kandi and John Burns are reliving and dealing with during the holiday season,” Manchin wrote. “As their U.S. Senator and a father, I want to express my deepest sympathy for their continued suffering.” […]
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