Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis argued that President Joe Biden’s commutations hinder their chance of appeal as they seek to prove their innocence.

Two federal death row inmates whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden are refusing to sign the paperwork accepting lighter sentences, wanting to retain their death sentences.

At issue is the belief by the two inmates – both of whom maintain their innocence – that Biden's commutation puts them at a legal disadvantage as they appeal their cases.

Two men who were among the 37 federal inmates on death row whose sentences were commuted by President Biden are rejecting clemency.

President Joe Biden had the death sentences of 37 federal inmates commuted last month—but two of those prisoners are refusing to sign the paperwork that would save them from the death chamber. Biden’s clemency action sees the inmates’ death sentences being commuted to life in prison without parole.

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis were among 37 of the 40 federal prisoners whose death sentences were changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Two federal death row inmates prefer the prospect of death over life imprisonment. Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis, both housed at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, have refused to sign paperwork accepting President Biden's commutations of their death sentences and filed emergency motions in federal court in Indiana's southern district on

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis refused to sign paperwork that would reduce their sentences to life without parole.