COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Joe Biden has granted full pardons to six individuals, including Beverly Ann Ibn-Tamas of Central Ohio.
Ms. Ibn-Tamas was convicted in the 1970s of killing her husband while pregnant and was sentenced to one to five years in prison with credit for time served.
According to her testimony, she had been subjected to physical and verbal abuse, as well as threats, by her husband before and during her pregnancy. During her trial, expert testimony on battered woman syndrome was not allowed.
Ms. Ibn-Tamas’ case marked an early step towards judicial recognition of battered woman syndrome and has been widely studied in academia. Despite her conviction, Ms. Ibn-Tamas has worked as a case manager in Ohio and raised her two children, who both earned advanced degrees, as a single mother. Her daughter is now an attorney.
The other individuals granted pardons by President Biden include Gary Parks Davis of Yuma, Arizona, who pleaded guilty to using a telephone to facilitate an unlawful cocaine transaction; Edward Lincoln De Coito III of Dublin, California, who pleaded guilty to involvement in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy; Vincente Ray Flores of Winters, California, who pleaded guilty at a special court-martial to consuming ecstasy and alcohol while serving in the military; John Thomas Hudek IV of Houston, Texas, who pleaded guilty to interfering with flight crew members and attendants; and Juan Manuel Montes Bojorquez of La Quinta, California, who was convicted of entering the United States illegally after deportation.
