Biden reprieve for death-row police officer ‘morally depraved’ – prosecutor

Michael McMahon condemns president for commuting death sentence given to Len Davis, 60, over 1994 murder

Joe Biden was hypocritical - and blindsided" the victim's daughter - when in December he commuted the death sentence given to a corrupt former police officer after he orchestrated the murder of a woman who filed a brutality complaint against him, according to the retired assistant US attorney whose job it was to prosecute the case.

In a guest column published on Friday by Louisiana's Advocate newspaper, Michael McMahon said the clemency given to the ex-New Orleans policeman Len Davis was morally depraved" - and not revealed to the family of Kim Groves, the slain woman, until virtually the last minute, all but violating US justice department policies designed to give victims' loved ones a voice in such decisions.