01/22/2024 - Executive Grant of Clemency for Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton – The White House
01/22/2024 - Executive Grant of Clemency for Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton – The White House
Executive Grant of ClemencyDonald J. TrumpPresident of the United States of AmericaTo All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
"Terence D. Sutton Jr., 40, a Fourth District police officer, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison and Andrew Zabavsky, 56, an MPD lieutenant, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, in connection with an unauthorized police pursuit that ended in a collision on Oct. 23, 2020, that caused the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, in Northwest Washington D.C. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington Field Office.
Sutton was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by a unanimous federal jury on December 21, 2022, following a nine-week trial, of second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct, and obstruction of justice. The same jury found Zabavsky guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice. In addition to the prison terms, U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman ordered each defendant to serve three years of supervised release."
Clemency for Sutton as well: