WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden commuted the sentence of a Noel man on federal death row, according to a White House statement.
Shannon Agofsky , seen below on the right, was on death row for the 2004 stomping death of another inmate at the federal prison in Beaumont, Texas. Now that Biden commuted his sentence, Agofsky will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
The Missouri man was one of 37 felons that saw their death sentences commuted.
According to the White House statement , Biden believes that America must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level, except in cases of terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. When Biden took office, he imposed a moratorium on federal executions, and his actions today prevent Trump’s Administration from carrying out the execution sentences that would not be handed down under current policy and practice…