The family of Donna Major, who was shot to death in 2017, is outraged that President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of her killer just days before Christmas, the Daily Wire reported. Brandon Council was sentenced to death for killing Major and Kathryn Skeen during a 2017 bank robbery.
Biden is on a tear when it comes to letting criminals off the hook and explained his motivations. "I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole," the president said in a statement Monday.
"These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss," Biden claimed.
"But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted," Biden concluded.
Biden's explanation does nothing for the families whose loved ones were killed by people like Council. Major's family spoke to Fox News Tuesday about the sucker punch this was for them.
"Anger -- absolute anger," Major's adult daughter Heather Turner said. "We were told from our prosecution team on Sunday afternoon. I was actually gathered with my in-laws for our family Christmas; my sister was gathered with her in-laws, and we got the call," she added.
"And I was angry. I’m still angry. I am upset that this is even happening, that one man can make this decision without even talking to the victims; without any regard for what we’ve been through, what we’re going through. I’m completely hurt, frustrated, and angry," Turner said.
Danny Jenkins, Major's husband, also expressed outrage that Biden was eager to be merciful to Council. "She was shown no mercy at all. This man walked into the bank, never said two words to her. Shot her three times in total," Jenkins recalled.
"He went and shot her coworker, Katie Skeen as well, who was totally defenseless and unaware of anything happening. I can't even believe that this is actually happening…" Jenkins said.
Council was already a career criminal when he gunned down Major, 59, and Skeen, 36, on August 21, 2017, at Crescom Bank in South Carolina, Fox News reported. The family has seen the surveillance video from the incident which showed the cold-blooded murderer briefly speaking with Major before shooting her several times.
He then scaled the bank counter and shot Skeen to death. This heinous crime was punishable by execution until Biden commuted Council's sentence, which radical "Squad" member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) called "moral" and "compassionate" of Biden.
The victim's family couldn't disagree more. "Compassion? I don't think that that's compassion," Major's other adult daughter, Katie Jenkins, said.
Biden is leaving office and casting off any last shred of decency he may have had. Like all leftists, he has all of the compassion and mercy in the world for the people committing the crimes instead of the victims.
