One of Biden's 'Non-Violent' Pardons Turns Out to Be Voodoo-Practicing Triple-Murderer
When President Joe Biden unveiled his latest clemency spree last week — extending his reach beyond Hunter and channeling his inner Oprah with a figurative, “You get a reduced sentence, and you get a reduced sentence, and you …!” — the White House framed it as an effort to “remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses.”
“These commutation recipients, who were placed on home confinement during the COVID pandemic, have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities and have shown that they deserve a second chance,” Biden stated — or, more likely, whoever penned the statement for him, given the increasingly tenuous connection between his words and linguistic clarity.
“I will take more steps in the weeks ahead,” the statement ominously added. “My Administration will continue reviewing clemency petitions to advance equal justice under the law, promote public safety, support rehabilitation and reentry, and provide meaningful second chances.”
However, buried within this so-called clemency effort was one very violent offender who’s apparently being given a fourth chance. Based on her history, the likelihood of her needing a fifth isn’t exactly slim.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, Biden’s clemency spree quietly included commutation for Virginia Gray, who had been serving a 40-year sentence for insurance fraud tied to the deaths of three partners — two husbands and one boyfriend — between 1974 and 1996.
“Biden, in order to correct historical ‘injustices,’ granted clemency to those ‘convicted of non-violent crimes who were sentenced under outdated laws, policies, and practices that left them with longer sentences than if the individuals were sentenced today,’ the White House said,” the Free Beacon reported.
Yet, as the outlet noted, Gray’s crimes were anything but “non-violent.”
“Gray, who collected $165,000 from the three insurance settlements, was charged with murder by Maryland state authorities but ultimately convicted in federal court in 2002 for insurance fraud for violating what’s known as the ‘slayers rule,’ which prohibits killers from receiving inheritance and insurance proceeds from their victims’ death,” the report stated.
The grisly nickname “The Black Widow” emerged for Gray due to her deadly history. Witnesses testified about her alleged use of intimidation, including voodoo threats, to silence them. “It was the witchcraft, mostly,” Lenron Goode, the brother of Gray’s third victim, said in a 2002 interview with the Washington Post.
Gray’s crimes earned her a 40-year federal prison sentence, which was upheld in 2006 after appeals. Maryland prosecutors decided against pursuing further trials, deeming the federal sentence sufficient to ensure she “will die in prison.”
That assumption, however, didn’t account for a pandemic and a president who seems to approach clemency decisions like Mel Brooks’ governor in Blazing Saddles.
Former U.S. attorney James Trusty, who handled Gray’s case, expressed outrage: “It p***es me off, as you can imagine. This doesn’t feel like a ‘rule of law’ moment for the Biden administration.”
And Gray wasn’t the only controversial name on Biden’s list.
The Free Beacon highlighted other recipients of clemency, including a Mississippi oncologist who diluted chemotherapy drugs in a Medicare fraud scheme, an Illinois comptroller responsible for the largest municipal fraud case in U.S. history, and Wendy Hechtman, a former journalist convicted of manufacturing and selling a drug more potent than fentanyl.
Hechtman’s case was especially egregious. An Omaha police detective said her drug operation was tied to at least six overdose deaths, adding, “That investigation now feels wasted.”
Perhaps most infamous, however, was William Conahan, the Pennsylvania judge behind the “Kids for Cash” scandal, where over 2,000 minors were sent to prison in exchange for bribes.
Even Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro condemned Conahan’s clemency, stating, “President Biden got it absolutely wrong and created a lot of pain here in northeastern Pennsylvania. Some children took their lives because of this. Families were torn apart.”
Yet, amidst all this, Gray’s case stands out. As heinous as Conahan’s actions were, Gray managed to kill three lovers, intimidate witnesses with voodoo threats, and still secure clemency.
Even more concerning? Biden made it clear he’s “not done yet.” America, take heed.