
Several DAs Consider Charges Against Former Death Row Inmates With Commuted Sentences: Report
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NBC News reported on Sunday that several district attorneys are considering, or have considered, state charges against some of the 37 men whose sentences Biden commuted.
President Donald Trump seems to be making progress on his promise to “vigorously pursue” the death penalty after former President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row in December.
NBC News reported on Sunday that several district attorneys are considering, or have considered, state charges against some of the men after Trump issued an executive order earlier this year asking them to evaluate the situation of the men and pursue the death penalty in general. Charges against at least one have been successful so far, according to the report.
The successful murder indictment was brought by prosecutor Brad Burget in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, against Thomas Steven Sanders, according to KALB. Sanders was first sentence to death in the 2010 killing of 12-year-old Lexis Roberts. If a jury in the state finds him guilty this time, he could return to death row, but at the state level.
The 7th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Louisiana did not immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment.
NBC News found that a prosecutor in Horry County, South Carolina, is considering charges against Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks for the killing of a 44-year-old woman in 2002. Likewise, he is evaluating charges against Brandon Council, who was convicted in 2019 of killing two bank employees.













