On his way out the door, "Autopen Joe" Biden inexplicably went on a commutation spree, commuting the death sentences of 37 of the 40 Death Row inmates in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Since these are criminals convicted of heinous crimes, and since their death penalty sentences have now been commuted to life in prison, Attorney General Pam Bondi is sending them to the appropriate place where these violent felons may be safely stashed for the rest of their natural lives: Colorado's famous "Supermax."
Eight federal inmates — once on death row for murders, including the killings of fellow prisoners, gang-related stabbings, and the slayings of two campers — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in Colorado, the Justice Department told Fox News Digital. The news comes as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi looks to crack down on the previous administration's sweeping clemency actions.
The eight former death row inmates were transferred Tuesday to the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado, also known as "ADX," Justice Department officials confirmed.
ADX Florence - the Supermax - houses prisoners in a bare cell roughly the size of a parking space. They are in that cell 22-23 hours per day, with only a brief period of exercise, indoors, allowed. The idea here is to isolate these goblins, to contain them in an escape-proof environment, and if they never again see the light of day, most would agree they have it coming.
They were among the 37 death row inmates whose sentences Biden commuted in late December — prompting criticism and complaints that the record clemency and commutation actions were done as a political "Hail Mary," and without proper vetting.
More of the death row inmates are expected to be moved to ADX, some within weeks, according to one individual familiar with the matter.
The 37 death row inmates commuted by Biden are all expected to be moved to the facility by "early next year," the Justice Department source told Fox News Digital.
This prison, we might note, contains terrorist leaders, drug cartel kingpins, and other notorious criminals; a few more convicted murderers won't stretch things too far.
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There are still reports of a legal challenge to President Biden's last-minute commutations, but the president has vast powers to pardon and commute sentences; it doesn't seem likely that those challenges will amount to much. And, in many ways, housing a convicted murderer or terrorist in a concrete cell with a stainless-steel toilet-sink combination as his only companion, for the rest of his natural life, may be even more satisfying to the general public.
Humans are social creatures. Housing someone permanently, with little or no human contact, in a small cell with no chance to see the sky, to feel the sunshine; it's hard to think of a harsher punishment. And, when you consider the company these new inmates will be keeping in Supermax, they may prefer no human contact. The current crop in Supermax includes some real nasty characters, including Ramzi Yousef, one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers, former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán ("El Chapo"), and al-Qaeda co-founder Mamdouh Mahmud Salim. It's hard to argue, absent a visit to Old Sparky, that this crop doesn't have that penalty coming.
The remaining prisoners who were honored by an autopen commutation will be moved in the next few months.
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