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Thomas Steven Sanders was convicted in the Western District of Louisiana in 2014 of interstate kidnapping resulting in death and death of a person through the use of a firearm. On December 23, 2024, President Joe Biden granted Sanders a commutation of sentence.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Interstate kidnapping, resulting in death; death of a person through the use of a firearm
Western District of Louisiana · 2014
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Sentenced September 26, 2014 · Western District of Louisiana
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