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2025-01-14 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S140)
Introduced Date
2025-01-14
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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This resolution says the Senate strongly disapproves of President Biden’s decision to reduce the death sentence of Marvin Charles Gabrion II. It argues that the commutation denied justice to the victim and her family, and it claims the decision showed disrespect for the rule of law. The resolution is a formal statement of the Senate’s opinion, not a new law.
- It says Gabrion was sentenced to death for the murder of 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman.
- It also says he was suspected in other disappearances and deaths, including Timmerman’s baby daughter and two possible witnesses in his rape case.
- The resolution claims the commutation was wrong and that the Senate condemns it.
Official Summaries
This resolution condemns the commutation of the death sentence of Marvin Charles Gabrion II by President Biden.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 25 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 25
Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Marvin Charles
Gabrion II granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 14, 2025
Mr. Cotton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Marvin Charles
Gabrion II granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH
SENTENCE OF MARVIN CHARLES GABRION II 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 Marvin Charles Gabrion II on December 23, 2024;
(2) Marvin Gabrion was sentenced to death for murdering 19-
year-old Rachel Timmerman just 2 days before she was scheduled
to testify that Gabrion had abducted and raped her;
(3) Marvin Gabrion was also the prime suspect in the
disappearance and murder of several other individuals,
including Rachel Timmerman's 11-month-old daughter and 2
potential witnesses at his rape trial;
(4) this commutation is a reprehensible insult to the
victims of Marvin Gabrion;
(5) President Biden claimed that he commuted the death
sentences of Marvin Gabrion and 36 other murderers out of a
principled opposition to the death penalty but refused to
commute the death sentences of the 3 most controversial death
row inmates, demonstrating that President Biden was motivated
by politics, not principles; and
(6) the Senate unequivocally condemns this commutation.
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