Introduced
S. RES. 24
Introduced in Senate · January 15, 2025January 14, 2025
Mr. Cotton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Anthony George Battle granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.
SECTION 1. Sense of the Senate regarding the commutation of the death sentence of Anthony George Battle granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.
It is the sense of the Senate that—
- (1) President Joseph R. Biden undermined the rule of law and robbed victims of justice when he commuted the death sentence of Anthony George Battle on December 23, 2024;
- (2) Anthony Battle was convicted of murdering his wife, a U.S. Marine, and sentenced to life imprisonment;
- (3) while Battle was serving his life sentence at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, he murdered a 31-year-old correctional officer named D’Antonio Washington by bludgeoning Washington in the back of the head repeatedly with a ball-peen hammer;