Outgoing Independent West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin slammed President Joe Biden on Thursday for commuting the death sentences of two men convicted of Samantha Burns’ murder, calling it “horribly misguided and insulting.”
Burns, who was a 19 year-old student at Marshall University, was last seen on Nov. 11, 2002, at the Huntington Mall and her remains were never discovered. Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks were found guilty of the heinous killing and were among the 37 people whose sentences Biden changed Monday. They will now no longer receive the death penalty and instead serve life in prison.
“After speaking to Samantha Burns’ parents, I believe it is my duty to speak on their behalf and say President Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences for the two men convicted in her brutal murder is horribly misguided and insulting. Particularly since Samantha’s…
