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Youngkin Slams Biden’s Clemency of Men Who Killed Police Officer

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) criticized President Joe Biden's decision to pardon “two violent criminals” who killed police officers, calling it “beyond outrageous.”

In a press release on Saturday, Youngkin said said Biden's pardons for Ferrone Claiborne and Terrence Richardson were made “even more unconscionable” because “U.S. Attorney Biden advised the White House against commuting their sentences.” .

Youngkin said in a press release that “both individuals” “admitted responsibility for the brutal murder of Officer Allen Gibson in Sussex County Circuit Court.”

Claiborne and Richardson were “acquitted of the 1998 murder” of Sussex County Police Officer Allen Gibson. According to WRIC News. The newspaper noted that although the men were “acquitted by a federal jury,” they ultimately “went to trial on drug-related charges in 2001 and were sentenced to life in prison.”

However, in an unusual move, they were still sentenced to life in prison when they went to trial on drug charges in 2001. A legal analyst previously told 8News it was a “miscarriage of justice” to cross-reference charges that someone was acquitted of when deciding a sentence, adding that he had never seen anything like it before. Ta.

“I am beyond outraged and in complete disbelief that President Biden would announce a pardon for Ferrone Claiborne and Terrence Richardson, who admitted responsibility for the brutal murder of Officer Allen Gibson,” Youngkin said in a statement. mentioned in. “What makes this even more unconscionable is that U.S. Attorney Biden recommended to the White House not to commute these sentences because they are violent criminals.”

“The pain and grief this pardon will cause to the Gibson family is unimaginable,” Youngkin added. “Knowing that those who took Officer Gibson's life will be released is not only a grave injustice, but a heartbreaking blow to those who continue to mourn his sacrifice. This is despicable. It's a tough day for justice and for families who believe our system will hold the guilty accountable.”

Youngkin's criticism of Biden's decision to commute the sentences of Claiborne and Richardson was released a day after Biden's decision to commute the sentences of Claiborne and Richardson. I commuted Approximately 2,500 people were sentenced.

As Breitbart News previously reported, Biden in December granted presidential pardons to 39 Americans “convicted of nonviolent crimes” and commuted the sentences of about 1,500 others.

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