# pardons

recipient_name: Wayne Gross
slug: wayne-gross
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Unlawful user of controlled substances while in possession of firearms; possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
248 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Ishon D. Hardin
slug: ishon-d-hardin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a substance containing cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine

original_sentence:
292 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (September 24, 2001); amended to 240 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Robert A. Hearn
slug: robert-a-hearn
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five or more grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base (crack)

original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Jamar Henry
slug: jamar-henry
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Possession of five or more grams of cocaine base "crack" with the intent to distribute
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Ferlandis Urben Herod
slug: ferlandis-urben-herod
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Middle District of Tennessee; 2. Western District of Tennessee; July 14, 2005
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; 2. Supervised release violation (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine)

original_sentence:
1. Life imprisonment; December 19, 2005; 2. 24 months’ imprisonment (consecutive); 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 264 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: James Holmes
slug: james-holmes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; maintaining a place for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base

original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Antonio Hood
slug: antonio-hood
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: William D. Hoopingarner
slug: william-d-hoopingarner
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine (mixture); Southern District of Indiana

original_sentence:
168 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (April 25, 2008); amended to 135 months’ imprisonment (January 12, 2016) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Donnie Keith Howell
slug: donnie-keith-howell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense: Conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Andre M. Huggins
slug: andre-m-huggins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Delaware
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of cocaine (two counts); conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine; maintaining a dwelling to distribute cocaine; money laundering (two counts)

original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Tony Orlando Hughes
slug: tony-orlando-hughes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base; distribute cocaine base (22 counts); distribute cocaine (two counts); possession of firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime (eight counts); possess with intent to distribute cocaine (three counts)

original_sentence:
2,616 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Virgilio Jimenez
slug: virgilio-jimenez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Rhode Island
offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
292 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Alphonso Johnson
slug: alphonso-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base

original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Gerald Jerome Johnson
slug: gerald-jerome-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of North Dakota
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

original_sentence:
Life plus 25 years’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Tony O’Neal Johnson
slug: tony-oneal-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense: Possession with intent to distribute at least five grams of cocaine base (three counts)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
292 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release, $3,000 fine (June 22, 2005); amended to 210 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, and unpaid balance of $3,000 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Charles Jermaine Keitt
slug: charles-jermaine-keitt
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine, and a quantity of marijuana

original_sentence:
262 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Jaleel Abdul Lafi, III
slug: jaleel-abdul-lafi-iii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of five or more grams of cocaine base ("crack") (three counts); distribution of 50 or more grams of cocaine base ("crack"); possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
180 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Bobby Earl Lee
slug: bobby-earl-lee
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Edward Monroe Little
slug: edward-monroe-little
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine and cocaine base; possessing with intent to distribute, a quantity of cocaine base, and aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: John Lockett
slug: john-lockett
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine (two counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $5,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017 and unpaid balance of the $5,000 fine remitted.)


recipient_name: Alberto Lopez
slug: alberto-lopez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Massachusetts
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess heroin and cocaine base with intent to distribute; possession of heroin with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin; possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute and distribution, aiding and abetting (three counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; six years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Rico Mayo
slug: rico-mayo
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of California
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of five or more grams of cocaine base; use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base

original_sentence:
420 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: James A. McKines
slug: james-a-mckines
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense_category: fraud
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP); possession with intent to distribute PCP; interstate travel in aid of racketeering

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $40,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Otis McRay
slug: otis-mcray
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; distribution of 5 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Terrance Ramon Merritt
slug: terrance-ramon-merritt
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base; 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a detectable amount of MDMA and a detectable amount of marijuana; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Thomas Lee Miller
slug: thomas-lee-miller
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Manufacturing or attempt to manufacture five grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location after having a prior felony drug conviction

original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; 16 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Jose Flores Molina
slug: jose-flores-molina
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Idaho
offense: Possession with intent to distribute heroin; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release, $3,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Ernest Moore, Jr.
slug: ernest-moore-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts); carrying a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense


recipient_name: Michael Howard Motes
slug: michael-howard-motes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and amphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and amphetamine

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $10,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment and unpaid balance of the $10,000 fine remitted.)


recipient_name: Randall C. Moyer
slug: randall-c-moyer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Utah
offense: Attempted manufacture of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $2,729.97 restitution (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, and unpaid balance of $2,729.97 restitution obligation remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Francisco Navarro
slug: francisco-navarro
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of California
offense: Importation of heroin; possession of heroin with intent to distribute
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 168 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: David Neighbors
slug: david-neighbors
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and less than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride; distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Larry Anthony Nesby
slug: larry-anthony-nesby
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; $400 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Rasheed Jamal Olds
slug: rasheed-jamal-olds
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Kansas
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine; conspiracy to launder money
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (May 7, 1997); amended to 360 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Robert O’Neal
slug: robert-oneal
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine (two counts)


recipient_name: Antonio D. Patrick
slug: antonio-d-patrick
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine

original_sentence:
262 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Harold Eugene Patton
slug: harold-eugene-patton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 235 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: George Pearson, Jr.
slug: george-pearson-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base


recipient_name: Anthony Pender
slug: anthony-pender
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of a firearm by convicted felon; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Bobby Clarence Perry
slug: bobby-clarence-perry
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $5,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Reisa Lynn Pettiette
slug: reisa-lynn-pettiette
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine; conspiracy to possess a listed chemical knowing it will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; possession of a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; possession and distribution of a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; possession of an unregistered firearm; use, carrying, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Brett Rolland Poore
slug: brett-rolland-poore
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
262 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Lesean Roberts
slug: lesean-roberts
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Darrell E. Robinson
slug: darrell-e-robinson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of California
offense: Conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Charles McKinley Russell, Jr.
slug: charles-mckinley-russell-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense: Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
292 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $1 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Ronnie Dean Shelton
slug: ronnie-dean-shelton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Possession of more than five grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Alicia Siller
slug: alicia-siller
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams or methamphetamine and aiding and abetting; use of a person under 18 years of age in drug operations and aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
262 months’ imprisonment; six years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Leon Smallwood
slug: leon-smallwood
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (three counts); felon in possession of a firearm

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release; $2,500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Michael Anthony Smith
slug: michael-anthony-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 26, 2016.)


recipient_name: Oscar A. Smith, Jr.
slug: oscar-a-smith-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base ("crack")


recipient_name: Terrence Tyron Smith
slug: terrence-tyron-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine); possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine)

original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 172 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Tyrone Lamont Smith
slug: tyrone-lamont-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Mervin Spencer
slug: mervin-spencer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Louisiana
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (two counts)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Brandon Terrell Stevenson
slug: brandon-terrell-stevenson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a mixture and substance containing cocaine and more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Edwin Reginald Straughter
slug: edwin-reginald-straughter
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base


recipient_name: Jeffery James Terrell
slug: jeffery-james-terrell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.)


recipient_name: Stanley D. Thomasson
slug: stanley-d-thomasson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Used/carried firearms during drug trafficking crime (two counts); possession of Schedule II narcotic controlled substance (three counts)

original_sentence:
421 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (April 5, 1994); amended to 397 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Danny Demar Turner
slug: danny-demar-turner
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Wisconsin
offense: Distribution of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base (crack cocaine) (three counts)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
210 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Hayzen Turner, Jr.
slug: hayzen-turner-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (three counts); distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, cocaine hydrochloride and marijuana; carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense; felon in possession of a firearm (three counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Mark Walker
slug: mark-walker
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
235 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Kevin Washington
slug: kevin-washington
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and 500 grams or more of cocaine; aiding and abetting knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base  (three counts)

original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 1, 2017.)


recipient_name: Robert Wettstain
slug: robert-wettstain
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; aiding and abetting knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Daryl Wilkes
slug: daryl-wilkes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine base and cocaine; knowingly and intentionally distribute cocaine base (20 counts); knowingly possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts); knowingly and intentionally distribute cocaine (eight counts); knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute cocaine (two counts)

original_sentence:
952 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (June 16, 2004); amended to 780 months’ imprisonment (October 4, 2006); amended to 480 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Anthony K. Williams
slug: anthony-k-williams
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (mixture); possession of cocaine

original_sentence:
240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Donald Jamal Wilson
slug: donald-jamal-wilson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of West Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and quantities of cocaine and heroin; intentionally make available for use, with or without compensation, an apartment for the purpose of storing cocaine base and heroin (two counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Bradley Lee Winters
slug: bradley-lee-winters
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine

original_sentence:
360 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: William Abel Yates
slug: william-abel-yates
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-27
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense: Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Benjy Neil Allums
slug: benjy-neil-allums
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Anthony Anderson
slug: anthony-anderson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute in excess of 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, and in excess of five kilograms of a mixture or substance containing cocaine

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Martavious Devonn Anderson
slug: martavious-devonn-anderson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (crack)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Norwood Wallace Barber, Jr.
slug: norwood-wallace-barber-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $2,500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment and unpaid balance of fine remitted.)


recipient_name: Shawn Leo Barth
slug: shawn-leo-barth
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of North Dakota
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute methamphetamine; distribution of a controlled substance methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance marijuana; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; felon in possession of a firearm/ammunition

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 322 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Ronald Baskin
slug: ronald-baskin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Wisconsin
offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Michael Jay Bertram
slug: michael-jay-bertram
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute a mixture of methamphetamine containing more than 50 grams of pure methamphetamine after having been previously convicted of a felony drug offense

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 168 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Randy Boler
slug: randy-boler
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Pennsylvania
offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
327 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $2,500 fine (April 18, 2002); amended to 267 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Christopher Steven Bowen
slug: christopher-steven-bowen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Michigan
offense: Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $6,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment and unpaid balance of fine remitted.)


recipient_name: Philander Butler
slug: philander-butler
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Tennessee
offense: Possession of 120 grams cocaine base with intent to distribute
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months’ imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Ivan Calhoun
slug: ivan-calhoun
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (March 1, 2004); amended to 238 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Alonzo Devon Campbell
slug: alonzo-devon-campbell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Michigan
offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Angel Cardona
slug: angel-cardona
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
210 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Lemond Carmickel
slug: lemond-carmickel
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense: Possession with the intent to distribute cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Marc Collins
slug: marc-collins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (mixture)

original_sentence:
210 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Aaron Keith Covington
slug: aaron-keith-covington
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (four counts); possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (six counts); distribution of cocaine (six counts); possess with intent to distribute cocaine (two counts); money laundering

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Eladio Cruz
slug: eladio-cruz
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of New Jersey
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (crack cocaine)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Nicholas Jolise Deering
slug: nicholas-jolise-deering
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense: Possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
223 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Delvin R. Dixon
slug: delvin-r-dixon
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Martin Leroy Dwyer
slug: martin-leroy-dwyer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (commonly known as "crack" cocaine), five kilograms or more of powder cocaine, and a quantity of marijuana

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (July 17, 2008); amended to 188 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 4, 2017.)


recipient_name: Nathan Robert Engel
slug: nathan-robert-engel
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense: Distribution of methamphetamine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Julio Figueroa
slug: julio-figueroa
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2. Eastern District of Pennsylvania; November 4, 2008
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; unlawfully maintaining a place for the manufacture of controlled substances; distribution of cocaine and aiding and abetting (four counts);; 2. Supervised release violation (conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of cocaine; distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine and aiding and abetting);

original_sentence:
1. 360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; 2. 6 months’ imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Anthony P. Flemming
slug: anthony-p-flemming
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute and/or distribution of five (5) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute five (5) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute less than 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine (two counts)

original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Leroy Fondren, Jr.
slug: leroy-fondren-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Kansas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Todd Fitzgerald Frazier
slug: todd-fitzgerald-frazier
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, crack cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Alvin Green
slug: alvin-green
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Colorado
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting; use of a communications facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, aiding and abetting (two counts); money laundering, aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Roosevelt Hamlin
slug: roosevelt-hamlin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Distribution of cocaine base (crack)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 236 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Lancell Maurice Harris
slug: lancell-maurice-harris
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Arkansas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute (two counts); carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime (two counts)

original_sentence:
421 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (December 1, 1993); amended to 397 months' imprisonment (July 1, 2008); amended to 363 months' imprisonment (November 3, 2011); amended to 360 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Lincoln Cardell Henderson
slug: lincoln-cardell-henderson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of “crack” cocaine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of “crack” cocaine


recipient_name: Willi J. Hill
slug: willi-j-hill
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base

original_sentence:
500 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $25,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Dontae Lamont Hunt
slug: dontae-lamont-hunt
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Oregon
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base (two counts); carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Arthur Jarrod Jackson
slug: arthur-jarrod-jackson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute crack and aiding and abetting; carrying or use of a firearm during a drug crime and aiding and abetting; felon in possession of a firearm

original_sentence:
420 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Jesse Jackson, Jr.
slug: jesse-jackson-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; distribution of cocaine base and aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
320 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Rodrickus Antonio Jamison
slug: rodrickus-antonio-jamison
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: James Curtis Johnson
slug: james-curtis-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense: Distribution of 55.4 grams of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Christian Jones
slug: christian-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Colorado
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and five grams or more of cocaine base

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Mark Louis Katzin, Sr.
slug: mark-louis-katzin-sr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; Use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 1, 2017.)


recipient_name: Roger Law
slug: roger-law
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Idaho
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts); possession of a listed chemical with knowledge of its wrongful intended use; possession with intent to distribute marijuana

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $2,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, and unpaid balance of fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Jefferson Levine
slug: jefferson-levine
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 327 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: David Fitzgerald Lightner
slug: david-fitzgerald-lightner
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base and aid and abet same

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; $25,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2017, and unpaid balance of fine remitted.)


recipient_name: Victor Matias, Jr.
slug: victor-matias-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Wisconsin
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine; knowingly and intentionally distribute cocaine (three counts); knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute cocaine

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (March 29, 2001); amended to 292 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Lamont Alvin McElveen
slug: lamont-alvin-mcelveen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack cocaine

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Arlana Doris Moore
slug: arlana-doris-moore
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and possession of pseudoephedrine list I chemicals with intent to manufacture methamphetamine

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Krishna Mote
slug: krishna-mote
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute in excess of 280 grams of cocaine base (crack) and in excess of 500 grams of cocaine; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), aid and abet


recipient_name: Robert Lee Nickens
slug: robert-lee-nickens
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; seven years' supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 5, 2016.)


recipient_name: Tesmone Darin Paschal
slug: tesmone-darin-paschal
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; aided and abetted in the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Karl Eugene Peacock
slug: karl-eugene-peacock
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to violate 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking

original_sentence:
241 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (May 13, 2005); amended to 240 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 217 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Raul Perez
slug: raul-perez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 292 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Ronald Pirtle
slug: ronald-pirtle
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (incorrectly listed on the judgment as cocaine)


recipient_name: Cornelius D. Porter
slug: cornelius-d-porter
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Derrick Drake Price
slug: derrick-drake-price
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1.Western District of Texas; 2. Western District of Texas; October 25, 2004
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to distribute more than 5 grams of cocaine base;; 2. Violation of supervised release (possession with intent to distribute cocaine base)

original_sentence:
1. 188 months' imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; 2. 60 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 211 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: John Purcell
slug: john-purcell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and manufacture methamphetamine; manufacturing methamphetamine, aiding and abetting


recipient_name: Ronald Lee Razz
slug: ronald-lee-razz
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Maintaining a drug involved premises; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base


recipient_name: Andre Lefell Reese
slug: andre-lefell-reese
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base and aiding and abetting; distribution of less than five grams of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of public elementary school and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of public elementary school and aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Chris Robinson
slug: chris-robinson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride; use of a communication device (two counts)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Dameon Russell
slug: dameon-russell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1.Eastern District of Michigan October 14, 2010; 2. Eastern District of Michigan; January 24, 2013
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Supervised release violation (Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base);; 2. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (four counts)

original_sentence:
1. 30 months' imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release; 2. 292 months' imprisonment (concurrent); (December 15, 2010);  amended to 210 months' imprisonment; six years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 168 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Jose Elias Salinas
slug: jose-elias-salinas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, and 100 grams or more but less than one kilogram of heroin

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Russell Charles Seidel
slug: russell-charles-seidel
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of North Dakota
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a controlled substance, aiding and abetting

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 120 months' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Bart Ellis Shoupe
slug: bart-ellis-shoupe
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Kenny Siepker
slug: kenny-siepker
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture; unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine while on pretrial release

original_sentence:
372 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Christopher Alan Simmons
slug: christopher-alan-simmons
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: James Harold Smith
slug: james-harold-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts)

original_sentence:
411 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Alan Jerome Spears
slug: alan-jerome-spears
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (crack); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base (crack)


recipient_name: Lamarcus Walthugh Stilling
slug: lamarcus-walthugh-stilling
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 168 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: James A. Stone
slug: james-a-stone
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
original_sentence: Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment.)
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and aiding and abetting


recipient_name: Ausby Stowers
slug: ausby-stowers
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Minnesota
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Shane Alan Taylor
slug: shane-alan-taylor
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Utah
offense: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $3,039.03 restitution (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018 and unpaid balance of restitution obligation remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Chip J.W. Teague
slug: chip-jw-teague
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Oklahoma
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of firearm moved in interstate commerce (three counts); possession of firearm during drug trafficking crime (two counts); possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; manufacture methamphetamine (two counts); maintain place for manufacture of methamphetamine

original_sentence:
495 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Lawrence Kemp Tennille
slug: lawrence-kemp-tennille
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
original_sentence: Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment.)
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy with intent to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing detectable amount of cocaine base, a Schedule II controlled substance


recipient_name: Wilfredo Vasquez
slug: wilfredo-vasquez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Middle District of Florida; 2. Middle District of Florida; March 7, 2002
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine;; 2. Supervised release violation (conspiracy to import narcotics)

original_sentence:
1. Life imprisonment; 2. 27 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Shannon Alexander Washington
slug: shannon-alexander-washington
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; carrying firearm and ammunition during and in relation to drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (September 28, 2007); amended to 240 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 6, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.)


recipient_name: Henry Lee White
slug: henry-lee-white
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; using and carrying a firearm during and relation to a drug trafficking crime

original_sentence:
420 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (October 21, 1998); amended to 340 months’ imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 3, 2017.)


recipient_name: Charles M. Woolsey
slug: charles-m-woolsey
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-10-06
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture); possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession of marijuana; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; prohibited person in possession of a firearm

original_sentence:
300 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (October 27, 2006); amended to life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment.)


recipient_name: Malik Abuhamid Ibm Wakil Abdunafi
slug: malik-abuhamid-ibm-wakil-abdunafi
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine, at least 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), heroin, and marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine and cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); distribution of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, at least five grams of cocaine base (crack), heroin, and marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $100,000 forfeiture (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016 and unpaid balance of the $100,000 forfeiture remitted, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Quentin C. Adams
slug: quentin-c-adams
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), 846, & 851; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), & 851; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) & 851;

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Sly Stalone Aikens
slug: sly-stalone-aikens
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing the firearm in furtherance of, a drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 235 months' imprisonment (September 28, 2006) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Michael Alexander
slug: michael-alexander
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 851

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Alfonso Allen
slug: alfonso-allen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 851; distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; possession of a short barreled shotgun in furtherance of a felony drug offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,                                                                                                                                                      18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of an unregistered short barreled shotgun, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)

original_sentence:
Life plus 120 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Brian Allen Altman
slug: brian-allen-altman
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1);   possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
480 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Maurice D. Ball
slug: maurice-d-ball
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(b), & 851
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: John Franklin Banks
slug: john-franklin-banks
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848
offense_category: other
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $250 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 292 months, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Mancer L. Barrington, III
slug: mancer-l-barrington-iii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with intent to distribute cocaine , 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(c), and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Tyrie Bell
slug: tyrie-bell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense: Possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release; $500 restitution (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ronald Owen Bilbrey, Jr.
slug: ronald-owen-bilbrey-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B); possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B); distribution of methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B); possession of ephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Tremayne Kendrick Blackwell
slug: tremayne-kendrick-blackwell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 851

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 240 months' imprisonment (November 3, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Corey Lyndell Blount
slug: corey-lyndell-blount
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Use of a communication facility in facilitating the commission of felonies under the controlled substance act, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360  months, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Ronald Lee Blount, Jr.
slug: ronald-lee-blount-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841; use of a communication facility in facilitating the commission of felonies under the Controlled Substance Act, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jerome Lee Borders
slug: jerome-lee-borders
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b); conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Brad Bradley Bradford
slug: brad-bradley-bradford
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Georgia
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Charles Lee Brandon
slug: charles-lee-brandon
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Michigan
offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Walter Breland
slug: walter-breland
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a)(1); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
420 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eugene Kenneth Brinson
slug: eugene-kenneth-brinson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride & heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Roosevelt Brockington
slug: roosevelt-brockington
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution in excess of five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Derrick Lewis Bynum
slug: derrick-lewis-bynum
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of a communications device to facilitate narcotics trafficking (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); possession with intent to distribute controlled substances (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Juan Benito Calbo-Gomez
slug: juan-benito-calbo-gomez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Eastern District of Texas; 2. Eastern District of Texas; February 15, 2007
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack) and marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846;; 2. Supervised release violation (possession with intent to distribute marijuana)

original_sentence:
1. 210 months' imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; amended to 168 months’ imprisonment (November 1, 2014);; 2. 18 months' imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Joseph J. Campbell
slug: joseph-j-campbell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A), 846 & 851; unlawful use of communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking activity, 21 U.S.C. §§ 843(b) & 851

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eugene Carlton
slug: eugene-carlton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), 846, & 851

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Shannon Cave
slug: shannon-cave
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Fred Charles, Jr.
slug: fred-charles-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(ii)(II); use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924©(1)(A)(i)

original_sentence:
248 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release, $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Duane Clasen
slug: duane-clasen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Northern District of Iowa; 2. Northern District of Iowa; October 29, 1999
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Distribution of approximately 6.85 grams of methamphetamine (mixture), after having previously been convicted of one or more felony drug offenses, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) & 851;; 2. Supervised release violation (distribution of amphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851)

original_sentence:
1. 200 months’ imprisonment; six years’ supervised release; $6,142.75 restitution;; 2. 36 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 15, 2017, and unpaid balance of $6,142.75 restitution remitted, leaving intact and in effect the six-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Clarence Douglas Coakley
slug: clarence-douglas-coakley
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life plus 360 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Merlin Coleman
slug: merlin-coleman
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; use of a communication facility to facilitate the commission of the distribution of a controlled substance (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Barry Renfold Cooley
slug: barry-renfold-cooley
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Nebraska
offense: Conspiracy to distribute narcotics, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrolling in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Travis Dwaine Corley
slug: travis-dwaine-corley
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Warren Dean Cornett
slug: warren-dean-cornett
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine and in excess of 50 grams cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute in excess of 500 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Bobby Richard Cotton, Jr.
slug: bobby-richard-cotton-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Jessee Dane Cox
slug: jessee-dane-cox
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Conspiracy to possess methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Aubrey Jermaine Cummings
slug: aubrey-jermaine-cummings
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base and at least five kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 846


recipient_name: Henry Deleon
slug: henry-deleon
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
original_sentence: Life imprisonment; (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months)
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 2.22 kilograms of a mixture or a substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A); aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute approximately 2.22 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: James Dillehay
slug: james-dillehay
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense: Conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: William R. Downs
slug: william-r-downs
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
260 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jarrett Dunn
slug: jarrett-dunn
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess more than 50 grams cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); conspiracy to distribute and possess more than five kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(a)(A); possession with intent to distribute more than five grams cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Robert Anthony Eberhart
slug: robert-anthony-eberhart
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)C); possession of a firearm during drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i)

original_sentence:
468 months’ imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 420 months’ imprisonment (November 28, 2012) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Darryl Dewayne Edwards
slug: darryl-dewayne-edwards
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Attempt to manufacture 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Darryl Ellis
slug: darryl-ellis
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Mark Foster
slug: mark-foster
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A); carrying or possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Craig William Frazier
slug: craig-william-frazier
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Montana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 851 & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
480 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ricardo Gallardo
slug: ricardo-gallardo
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of 2,006 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute 6.02 kilograms of cocaine and 996.9 grams of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B); engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, 18 U.S.C. § 1957(a)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $500 fine; amended to 292 months' imprisonment (November 1, 2014) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jason Gardner
slug: jason-gardner
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ricky Lamont Garrett
slug: ricky-lamont-garrett
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams of "crack" cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
224 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016 and unpaid balance of the $1,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Orfil Javier Garza
slug: orfil-javier-garza
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Utah
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Antonio Jevon Gayden
slug: antonio-jevon-gayden
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute, and/or aid and abet the possession with intent to distribute  five grams or more but less than 50 grams of cocaine base after having been previously convicted of a felony drug offense, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 851 & 18 U.S.C. § 2; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base after having been previously convicted of a felony drug offense, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 851

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 120 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Mark Francis Glidden
slug: mark-francis-glidden
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Manufacture and attempt to manufacture five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) after a prior conviction for a felony drug offense, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846, & 851

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Quincy Allen Goins
slug: quincy-allen-goins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: David Gonzalez
slug: david-gonzalez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 846; aiding and abetting the distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 31, 2017, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Elliott Gray
slug: elliott-gray
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Randolph S. Gustave
slug: randolph-s-gustave
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§1956(h) & (a)(1)(A)(i)

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 262 months' imprisonment (November 1, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire no sooner than May 1, 2017, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ali Reno Harden
slug: ali-reno-harden
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of a firearm having an obliterated serial number, 18 U.S.C. § 922(k); possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; possession of a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 844 & 851

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; eight year's supervised release; $5,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016 and unpaid balance of the $5,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ronnie Lorenzo Hardy
slug: ronnie-lorenzo-hardy
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), (b)(1)(A), & 846; principal to possess ion with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) &(b)(1)(A)(iii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2; unlawful possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g); possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 270 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Charles Harrison
slug: charles-harrison-2016-08-30
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Mississippi
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1,500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jason Thomas Haslip
slug: jason-thomas-haslip
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Minnesota
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDA or Ecstasy), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C) & 846; aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute 87 capsules and 1,419 tablets of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(1)(1), (b)(1)(C) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute 27 grams of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(1)(1), (b)(1)(C) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 262 months' imprisonment (November 1, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Monroe Herring
slug: monroe-herring
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 851


recipient_name: Emmanuel Herron
slug: emmanuel-herron
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 56.63 grams of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 846; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Marvin K. Holloway
slug: marvin-k-holloway
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Columbia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Unlawful possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Cory Lamonte Huddleston
slug: cory-lamonte-huddleston
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with the intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a)(1)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kevin Huff
slug: kevin-huff
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 275 months' imprisonment (November 3, 2008) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jose Jasso, Jr.
slug: jose-jasso-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $10,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, and unpaid balance of the $10,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Isaac Simmons Johnson
slug: isaac-simmons-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), & 851(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Samuel Latrell Johnson
slug: samuel-latrell-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)


recipient_name: Theodore Johnson
slug: theodore-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $5,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, and unpaid balance of the $5,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Walter Johnson
slug: walter-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distributing 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Tony Lamont Jones, aka Tony Rome
slug: tony-lamont-jones-aka-tony-rome
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release ; amended to 360 months' imprisonment (August 28, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: James Howard Jones
slug: james-howard-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; aided and abetted possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 324 months' imprisonment (November 2, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Dirk Ladson
slug: dirk-ladson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
328 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Mark Lanzilotti
slug: mark-lanzilotti
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; manufacture of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) &  18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 360 months' imprisonment (August 7, 2006) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Gary L. Lynch
slug: gary-l-lynch
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,200 restitution (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Emmanuel Obi Maduka
slug: emmanuel-obi-maduka
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846; conspiracy to import heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 963


recipient_name: Larry Martin
slug: larry-martin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense: Drug conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Rudy Martinez
slug: rudy-martinez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense_category: fraud
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848(a); drug distribution (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 860; use of a communication facility in commission of a crime (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); interstate travel in aid of racketeering enterprises, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Victor Eugene Mason
slug: victor-eugene-mason
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)


recipient_name: Rodney R. McCain
slug: rodney-r-mccain
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
200 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kenneth Russell McCoy, aka Kenneth L. Ragland
slug: kenneth-russell-mccoy-aka-kenneth-l-ragland
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A) & 851(a)

original_sentence:
216 months' imprisonment; seven years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the seven-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: London Archie McRae
slug: london-archie-mcrae
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense: Possessed with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
280 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Danielle Bernard Metz
slug: danielle-bernard-metz
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848; possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); laundering of monetary instruments, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Hal Q. Mincy
slug: hal-q-mincy
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Joseph Newton
slug: joseph-newton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: other
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute  controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of a communication facility, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) & (c)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 360 months' imprisonment (November 1, 2014) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Leon Perry
slug: leon-perry
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute a quantity of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release, $2,500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018 and unpaid balance of the $2,500 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug abuse treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Michael D. Points
slug: michael-d-points
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Kentucky
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug abuse treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Albert Randolph
slug: albert-randolph
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base , 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
160 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Gregory Augusta Ransom, II
slug: gregory-augusta-ransom-ii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(iii) & (C)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Darryl Lamar Reed
slug: darryl-lamar-reed
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of California
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Manufacture and possession with intent to distribute crack and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
420 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $50,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Tommy Rice
slug: tommy-rice
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Aiding and abetting in the commission of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Calvin Dwayne Sangster
slug: calvin-dwayne-sangster
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Martez Lamont Sherrod
slug: martez-lamont-sherrod
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base and more than 500 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: George E. Smith
slug: george-e-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute less than five grams of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 860(a); possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 860(a)

original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; 12 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 12-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lue Gene Swarn
slug: lue-gene-swarn
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of a communication facility to facilitate the commission of a drug felony, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)


recipient_name: John Western Thomas
slug: john-western-thomas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Michigan
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Timothy L. Tyler
slug: timothy-l-tyler
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to deliver LSD, 21 U.S.C. § 846; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute LSD, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect all conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Norman Eugene Van Zee
slug: norman-eugene-van-zee
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Dakota
offense: Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
292 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Gracie Walker
slug: gracie-walker
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense: Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
290 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Derrick Waller
slug: derrick-waller
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Eastern District of Missouri; 2. Eastern District of Missouri; November 2, 2007
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Supervised release violation (possession of an unregistered firearm and distribution of cocaine, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841 & 5861(d) and 21 U.S.C. § 841(A)(1));; 2. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
1. 36 months’ imprisonment;; 2. 188 months' imprisonment (partially concurrent); four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Patrick Willard, aka Patrick Duane Wheeler
slug: patrick-willard-aka-patrick-duane-wheeler
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Kentucky
offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 851
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
327 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Christopher White
slug: christopher-white
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution and possession of narcotics with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1 fine; amended to 289 months' imprisonment (November 1, 2014) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jonathan Carnell Williams
slug: jonathan-carnell-williams
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base or crack, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Levi Wilson
slug: levi-wilson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Wyoming
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine base and to use a place where cocaine base is manufactured, distributed and used, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 856(a)(1), (b) & 851


recipient_name: Richard Van Winrow
slug: richard-van-winrow
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of California
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 30, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Raul S. Zavala
slug: raul-s-zavala
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-30
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Washington
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 851; use of a communication facility to facilitate the commission of a felony, 21 U.S.C. §§ 843(b)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Timothy Adams
slug: timothy-adams
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Asher Adkins
slug: asher-adkins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution of methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); use of a firearm during drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) & 2; distribution of more than 100 grams of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
624 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jamonte L. Allison
slug: jamonte-l-allison
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute five grams or more of "crack cocaine," 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), & 846

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Joe Alvarado, aka Jose Raymond Alvarado
slug: joe-alvarado-aka-jose-raymond-alvarado
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Utah
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm and ammunition by convicted a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Tyrell L. Anthony
slug: tyrell-l-anthony
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); willfully failing to appear, 18 U.S.C. § 3146(a)(1)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Reinaldo A. Arocho
slug: reinaldo-a-arocho
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Drug conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; maintaining a drug house, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1); distribution of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); carrying a firearm during drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); attempting to corruptly persuade a witness, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1)

original_sentence:
387 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 300 months' imprisonment (January 18, 2011) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jose Carlos Arras, Jr., aka Jose Carlos Arras
slug: jose-carlos-arras-jr-aka-jose-carlos-arras
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. District of New Mexico; 2. Western District of Texas; November 4, 2002
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to import, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to wit: possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms and more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846;; 2. Supervised release violation (Importation of a quantity of marijuana), 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) & 960(a)(1)

original_sentence:
1.  262 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release; 2. 10 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Sidney J. Ball
slug: sidney-j-ball
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 12.04 kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 851

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Lloyd Battles, aka Lloyd Richardson
slug: lloyd-battles-aka-lloyd-richardson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: David Bell
slug: david-bell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Pauline K. Blake, aka Patricia A. Christensen
slug: pauline-k-blake-aka-patricia-a-christensen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Utah
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); conspiracy or attempt to manufacture methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); establishment of a manufacture operation, 21 U.S.C. § 856; possession of a listed chemical (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1)

original_sentence:
210 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $2,000 restitution; amended to 292 months' imprisonment (January 27, 2004) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Deborah Lucille Blue
slug: deborah-lucille-blue
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Eastern District of Tennessee; 2. Eastern District of Tennessee; February 23, 2007
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1);; 2. Supervised release violation (distribution of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C))

original_sentence:
1. 292 months' imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release; amended to 234 months’ imprisonment (May 16, 2014);; 2.3 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Marston Edward Blue
slug: marston-edward-blue
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; felon in possession of firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possess with intent to distribute heroin, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lucius Boswell
slug: lucius-boswell
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Joshua Boyer
slug: joshua-boyer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)(ii); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A) & (c)(1)(B)(i); possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) & 5871

original_sentence:
288 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eddie Lee Brown
slug: eddie-lee-brown
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense: Distribution of cocaine hydrochloride (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; six years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the six-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Patrick A. Brown
slug: patrick-a-brown
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Felon in possession of a firearm, aiding and abetting (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) & 2; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Timothy Aaron Brown
slug: timothy-aaron-brown
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on (120 days), leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jose Luis Buenrostro
slug: jose-luis-buenrostro
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of California
offense: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Charles Bynum
slug: charles-bynum
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) & 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Annette Maria Canania
slug: annette-maria-canania
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(2); possession of pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(2)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; amended to 210 months' imprisonment (April 27, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jose Manuel Candelario
slug: jose-manuel-candelario
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Schedule II (crack cocaine) controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possess with intent to distribute Schedule II (crack cocaine) controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 360 months’ imprisonment (May 17, 1999) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ralph Casas
slug: ralph-casas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Puerto Rico
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 9,445 kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 292 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Willie Chester
slug: willie-chester
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: firearms
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of a firearm by felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a); false statement in acquisition of firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) & 924(a)

original_sentence:
264 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $3,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Donyelle Childs
slug: donyelle-childs
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Kenneth Choice
slug: kenneth-choice
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver narcotics, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to deliver narcotics, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to life imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (June 9, 2004); amended to 324 months’ imprisonment (February 1, 2016) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Osvaldo Cisneros-Gutierrez
slug: osvaldo-cisneros-gutierrez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a) & 841(b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
292 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 228 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Mark Anthony Clark
slug: mark-anthony-clark
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute amphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm by a felon/fugitive from justice and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 (g)(1), (g)(2), & 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; six years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the six-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Antonio Cobb
slug: antonio-cobb
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months’ imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Jimmie Clyde Collins
slug: jimmie-clyde-collins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B); possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
370 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Dewayne L. Comer
slug: dewayne-l-comer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848; conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jason Andrew Comer
slug: jason-andrew-comer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Aid and abet in the possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Delaria Antwan Conway
slug: delaria-antwan-conway
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of crack cocaine and a quantity of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), & (b)(1)(C)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eugene Ross Cousins
slug: eugene-ross-cousins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A); drug user in possession of firearm (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(3) & 924(a)(2)

original_sentence:
406 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release ; amended to 397 months' imprisonment (April 4, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lavon A. Crockett
slug: lavon-a-crockett
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Kansas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base ("crack cocaine"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Darnell Crookshank
slug: darnell-crookshank
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of California
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture phencyclidine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; manufacture with intent to distribute phencyclidine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Dawan Croskery
slug: dawan-croskery
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of New York
offense_category: financial crime
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848(a); money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Andrew Crumbly
slug: andrew-crumbly
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of cocaine base, crack cocaine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(c) & 851

original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; six years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2017,  leaving intact and in effect the six-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Morris Dabbs
slug: morris-dabbs
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense: Conspiracy: distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 291 months’ imprisonment (August 2, 2011); amended to 240 months’ imprisonment (October 6, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lenwood Davies
slug: lenwood-davies
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Richard Lawrence Davis
slug: richard-lawrence-davis
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Eastern District of Missouri; 2. Eastern District of Missouri; March 4, 2005
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1);; 2. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
1. 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; Eastern District of Missouri; 2. 93 months' imprisonment; amended to 75 months' imprisonment (November 18, 2011) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Christopher M. Dees
slug: christopher-m-dees
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of  a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jose Del Valle
slug: jose-del-valle
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Maynard Dennis
slug: maynard-dennis
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Bobbie Jo Diers
slug: bobbie-jo-diers
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: James J. Dino
slug: james-j-dino
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. District of Guam; 2. District of Guam; October 19, 2006
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); 2. Supervised release violation (possession with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a))

original_sentence:
1. 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; 2. 60 months’ imprisonment (concurrent) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 193 months’ imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Scottie Ladon Dixon
slug: scottie-ladon-dixon-2016-08-03
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Southern District of Alabama; 2. Southern District of Alabama; May 18, 2010
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; 2. Violation of supervised release (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846)

original_sentence:
1. Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; 2. 33 months' imprisonment (concurrent) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 221 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Thomas Duncan
slug: thomas-duncan
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1) & (b)(1)(c); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(2) & 924(a)(2); possession of five grams or more of cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(b)

original_sentence:
352 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Vincent Duval
slug: vincent-duval
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: William Ennis
slug: william-ennis
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiring to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, to wit: cocaine more than five kilograms, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 & 846; possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, to wit: cocaine more than five kilograms, 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; using a communication device to facilitate the commission of a felony, 21 U.S.C. § 843

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $5,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kenneth Evans
slug: kenneth-evans
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; use and carry firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) & 2

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months’ imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 30 years' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ronald Evans
slug: ronald-evans
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and a mixture containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute heroin (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release ; amended to 360 months' imprisonment (March 16, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: James Oliver Fambro
slug: james-oliver-fambro
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii), & 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release, $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: J. B. Farris, Jr.
slug: j-b-farris-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841; possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) & 2

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Corey Ferguson
slug: corey-ferguson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(B)(ii); distribution of cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 202 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Alejandro Flores
slug: alejandro-flores
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) & 851; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(ii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; traveling in interstate commerce to facilitate a criminal activity, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a)(3) & 2


recipient_name: Raul Camargo Flores
slug: raul-camargo-flores
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
292 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Felix Monroe Fort
slug: felix-monroe-fort
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(B); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Raymond Fox
slug: raymond-fox
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 851; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A) & 851


recipient_name: Charles Franklin
slug: charles-franklin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Cleveland R. Franklin, Jr., aka Cleveland McKnight
slug: cleveland-r-franklin-jr-aka-cleveland-mcknight
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Toddrick Onterio Franklin
slug: toddrick-onterio-franklin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(iii),& (b)(1)(C); possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A); being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm in and affecting interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) & 924(a)(2)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 120 months' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 120 month term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: William Anthony Freeman
slug: william-anthony-freeman
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Michigan
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
480 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Thomas R. Fuller
slug: thomas-r-fuller
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 846; aiding and abetting to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(l); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: John Nicholas Gargano
slug: john-nicholas-gargano
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
offense_category: fraud
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
district:
1. Southern District of New York; 2. Southern District of New York; November 30, 2004; 3. District of New Jersey; September 8, 2010

offense:
1. Conspiracy to distribute methylenedioxymethamphetamine and ketamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 846; distributing and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; distributing and possessing with intent to distribute ecstasy, 21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2;; 2. Conspiracy to commit identification fraud and credit card fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1029(b)(2)18 U.S.C. § 2; unauthorized use of access devices, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1029(a)(5) & 2;; 3. Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
1. 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; 2. 10 years’ imprisonment (concurrent); three years’ supervised release; $212,379.38 restitution; 3. 100 months' imprisonment (concurrent) five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Enrique Garza
slug: enrique-garza
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; attempt to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
480 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jesse James Gentry
slug: jesse-james-gentry
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of more than 50 grams of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Bernard Gibson, Sr.
slug: bernard-gibson-sr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled drug substances: heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Steve P. Gillespie
slug: steve-p-gillespie
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Derrick Glass
slug: derrick-glass
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) & 924


recipient_name: Fred M. Glover
slug: fred-m-glover
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Columbia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Unlawful distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); unlawful distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 860(a); unlawful distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Will A. Goines, Jr.
slug: will-a-goines-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Distribution of cocaine base ("crack") (three counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 120 months, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Michael Goldsby, aka Michael Stone
slug: michael-goldsby-aka-michael-stone
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense: Possession with intent to distribute 5.88 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
383 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release; 360 months' imprisonment (August 31, 2000) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ramon Gonzalez
slug: ramon-gonzalez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 4506.65 kilograms of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A); possession with intent to distribute 4506.65 kilograms of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; Life term supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the life term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Edgar Gonzalez-Valentin
slug: edgar-gonzalez-valentin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Puerto Rico
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to import cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 600 & 963 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; importation of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 952; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of firearm in relation to drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
595 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release ; amended to 511 months' imprisonment (August 19, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Christopher Green
slug: christopher-green
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine hydrochloride and crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Samuel Grooms, aka Denny Grooms
slug: samuel-grooms-aka-denny-grooms
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Michigan
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 851; attempted possession with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851


recipient_name: Steve C. Hall
slug: steve-c-hall
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Middle District of Louisiana; 2. Middle District of Louisiana; February 16, 1996
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846 & 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1);; 2. Supervised release violation (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))

original_sentence:
1. 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; 2. 45 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Stephen Ramont Hardridge
slug: stephen-ramont-hardridge
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Oklahoma
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more a mixture containing a detectable amount of cocaine and 50 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), & 851(a)(1)

original_sentence:
292 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $10,000 fine ; amended to 240 months' imprisonment (June 10, 2008) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016 and unpaid balance of the $10,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Steven R. Hardy
slug: steven-r-hardy
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), & b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base,  21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Donella Marie Harriel
slug: donella-marie-harriel
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
264 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment and 10-year term of supervised release commuted to a term of four years of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all conditions of the supervised release term and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Benjamin Harris
slug: benjamin-harris
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846 & 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute MDMA, cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base,21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
226 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Christopher J. Heath
slug: christopher-j-heath
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture more tha+J359n 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Wilson Henderson
slug: wilson-henderson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (incorrectly listed on the judgment as cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: John A. Hill
slug: john-a-hill
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841; possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Robert Hill
slug: robert-hill
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
480 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Marcell Hogans
slug: marcell-hogans
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense: Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
168 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kenneth Bronson Hughes
slug: kenneth-bronson-hughes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
334 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; amended to 272 months’ imprisonment (September 2, 2008); amended to 218 months’ imprisonment (March 4, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Deangelo Hunt
slug: deangelo-hunt
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Courtney D. Hurt
slug: courtney-d-hurt
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, and unpaid balance of $1,000 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Alfonzo Ingram
slug: alfonzo-ingram
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Anthonial Irick
slug: anthonial-irick
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(ii); possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Albert Jackson
slug: albert-jackson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Central District of Illinois; 2. Central District of Illinois; November 7, 1994
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); distribution of cocaine,  21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; 2. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine,  21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(ii)

original_sentence:
1. 262 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; 2. 480 months' imprisonment (consecutive); eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Dickey Joe Jackson, aka Dicky Joe Jackson
slug: dickey-joe-jackson-aka-dicky-joe-jackson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(e)(2);  possession of an unregistered firearm (two counts), 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) & 5871

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Elmer Jackson
slug: elmer-jackson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A); distribution of cocaine base (four counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eugene Ernst Jackson
slug: eugene-ernst-jackson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution and possession with narcotics, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Tyrand James
slug: tyrand-james
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), & 851; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), & 851


recipient_name: Bernard Jennings
slug: bernard-jennings
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Douglas George Jensen
slug: douglas-george-jensen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Montana
offense: Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Derrick Anthony Johnson
slug: derrick-anthony-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; as principle or aider and abettor, possessed with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Frederico Johnson
slug: frederico-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Missouri
offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), & 851
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months’ imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Matthew Troy Johnson
slug: matthew-troy-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Walter Lee Johnson
slug: walter-lee-johnson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(B)(ii) & 846; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(A)(iii) & 846


recipient_name: Arnold Ray Jones *(condition declined, commutation not effectuated)
slug: arnold-ray-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of less than 50 grams of cocaine base and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jeffrey Lynn Jones
slug: jeffrey-lynn-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Oregon
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Manufacturing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) & 846

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Vernon Jones
slug: vernon-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base (mixture), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); distribution of cocaine base (mixture) (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Albert J. Josey, Jr.
slug: albert-j-josey-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Possession of 50 grams or more of cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, and unpaid balance of the $1,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Keldren Joshua
slug: keldren-joshua
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of California
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release ; amended to 168 months' imprisonment (November 10, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Charceil Kellam
slug: charceil-kellam
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); distribute more than 5 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 160 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kenneth Lee Kelley
slug: kenneth-lee-kelley
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Oklahoma
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Felon in possession of firearm after former conviction (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2); possession of stolen firearm, 21 U.S.C. §§ 922(j) & 924(a)(2); attempt to manufacture methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & (b)(1)(B)(viii); possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possession of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 844; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Milton Kemp
slug: milton-kemp
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
280 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Joseph Willie Kennedy
slug: joseph-willie-kennedy
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Vince Cordell King
slug: vince-cordell-king
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Michigan
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); using or carrying of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)

original_sentence:
Life plus five years' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kent Edward Kiser
slug: kent-edward-kiser
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 846; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
270 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: James LaRon Knight
slug: james-laron-knight
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Alabama
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
292 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Derrick Tyrone Lamb
slug: derrick-tyrone-lamb
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Charlie Lawuary
slug: charlie-lawuary
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Josephine Ledezma
slug: josephine-ledezma
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 846; being aided and abetted by others, did unlawfully, knowingly, and intentionally possess and cause to be possessed, with intent to distribute, a Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: James Allen Ledford
slug: james-allen-ledford
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 235 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eric L. Lemon
slug: eric-l-lemon
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Gregory Allen Liningham
slug: gregory-allen-liningham
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of more than 50 grams of "crack" cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $3,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Antonio Lopez
slug: antonio-lopez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jeffrey Lundin
slug: jeffrey-lundin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine while aboard a United States vessel, 46 U.S.C. § 1903(a)

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Edwin M. Mack
slug: edwin-m-mack
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, "crack cocaine", 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), & 846; distribution of a quantity of cocaine base, "crack cocaine" (two counts),  21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, "crack cocaine",  21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,  18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2); possession of an unregistered firearm (incorrectly listed on the judgment as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon), 25 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) & 5871


recipient_name: Alonzo Mackins, Jr.
slug: alonzo-mackins-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, and marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 360 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (August 14, 2006); amended to life imprisonment (September 2, 2008) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Alberto Maisonet
slug: alberto-maisonet
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); distribution of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); illegal use of a communication facility (four counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Sheldon Paul Mangiapane
slug: sheldon-paul-mangiapane
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 851


recipient_name: Tommy M. Martinez
slug: tommy-m-martinez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); distribution of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $4,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016 and unpaid balance of the $4,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Robert L. Matthews
slug: robert-l-matthews
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Northern District of Mississippi; 2. Western District of Tennessee; September 30, 1998
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B);; 2. Supervised release violation (possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))

original_sentence:
1. 280 months' imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release; 2. 15 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: James A. McGee
slug: james-a-mcgee
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession of chemicals with intent to manufacture methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Artis Sangria McGraw
slug: artis-sangria-mcgraw
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: violent crime
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); use of firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of a firearm with obliterated serial numbers, 18 U.S.C. § 922(k)

original_sentence:
270 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Torey A. McKay
slug: torey-a-mckay
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute and distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); possession with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C)


recipient_name: Rudolph McKinnon, Jr.
slug: rudolph-mckinnon-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii), & 846; possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: John Anthony Mickens
slug: john-anthony-mickens
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924©

original_sentence:
211 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 181 months’ imprisonment (October 21, 2008); amended to 180 months’ imprisonment (October 14, 2011) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: David Dean Millard
slug: david-dean-millard
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of communication facility to distribute methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Titus Jerrard Mobley
slug: titus-jerrard-mobley
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
210 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Tyrone Montgomery
slug: tyrone-montgomery
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
288 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 209 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ronald Perry Moon
slug: ronald-perry-moon
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), & 851; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $2,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, and unpaid balance of $2,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Martin Brandon Moore
slug: martin-brandon-moore
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base and more than 5 kilograms of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 846; principal to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), (b)(1)(A)(iii), (b)(1)(C) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Michael L. Moore
slug: michael-l-moore
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 292 months' imprisonment (October 27, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Amir Morgan
slug: amir-morgan
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine (mixture), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(ii), 846 & 851(a)(1)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on July 1, 2017, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lucille Mae Morse
slug: lucille-mae-morse
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Montana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution/possession with intent to distribute heroin/methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(C); possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (six counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Luciano Murga
slug: luciano-murga
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(vii), & 846

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $800 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Robert Earl Nettles
slug: robert-earl-nettles
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)


recipient_name: Linton C. Nichols
slug: linton-c-nichols
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Nothern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)


recipient_name: Hilario Nieto, III
slug: hilario-nieto-iii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Western District of Texas; 2. Western District of Texas; August 9, 2006
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Possession with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B);; 2. Distribution of a controlled substance, heroin, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(c)

original_sentence:
1. 188 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; 2. 188 months’ imprisonment (60 months’ consecutive to above offense, the remainder concurrent); three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Francisco Olivera
slug: francisco-olivera
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Eastern District of California; 2. Eastern District of California; November 3, 2000
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Use of a communication facility in the commission of a drug offense, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); 2. Conspiracy to manufacture and to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 846 & 841(a)(1); attempted manufacture of methamphetamine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 846 & 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a listed chemical knowing that it will be used to manufacture methamphetamine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
1. 49 months’ imprisonment; 12 months’ supervised release; 2. 324 months' imprisonment (consecutive); 36 months' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 288 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kenyatta O'Neil, aka Kenyatta Dialos O'Neal
slug: kenyatta-oneil-aka-kenyatta-dialos-oneal
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense: Distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Candido Ortiz-Martinez
slug: candido-ortiz-martinez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) & 846; possession of firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
592 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 535 months' imprisonment (March 30, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lonnie Dwayne Payne
slug: lonnie-dwayne-payne
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); interstate transportation of a firearm by a felon , 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release ; amended to 240 months' imprisonment (April 21, 2005) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Erenio C. Perez, aka Pedro M. Gonzalez
slug: erenio-c-perez-aka-pedro-m-gonzalez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Colorado
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the manufacture in excess of one kilogram of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), 846, & 851 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession and aiding and abetting the possession of ephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(d)(1), (2), & 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession and aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii), & 851 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)


recipient_name: Sharon Price
slug: sharon-price
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense: Conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)
offense_category: financial crime
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $20,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016 and unpaid balance of the $20,000 fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Thomas Jefferson Price, III
slug: thomas-jefferson-price-iii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy: possess with intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)

original_sentence:
330 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jack Dewhan Randolph
slug: jack-dewhan-randolph
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of a firearm during and relation to a drug traffic crime and aiding and abetting the same (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1) & 2

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Evans Ray, Jr.
slug: evans-ray-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) & 2

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release ; amended to life imprisonment (May 15, 2007) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Keith Ray
slug: keith-ray
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
263 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $2,500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Richard D. Reid, aka Abdul H. Shabazz, aka Hakeem A. Shabazz
slug: richard-d-reid
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Delaware
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition (five counts), 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possession of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 844; possession of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 844

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ricardo Renteria
slug: ricardo-renteria
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Western District of Texas; 2. Eastern District of Texas; October 8, 2008
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Conspiracy to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(ii);; 2. Conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
1. 235 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $1,000 fine; amended to 188 months’ imprisonment (August 24, 2015); 2. 135 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 108 months' imprisonment (November 13, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Richard L. Reser
slug: richard-l-reser
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Kansas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of firearm while trafficking in drugs (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); distribution of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and  18 U.S.C. § 2; conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
480 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Samuel Reyes
slug: samuel-reyes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute detectable amount of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
210 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Broderick Richardson
slug: broderick-richardson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Kentucky
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: William C. Robertson, Sr., aka William C. Robertson
slug: william-c-robertson-sr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), & 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Derwlyn Rosborough
slug: derwlyn-rosborough
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Wyoming
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(ii)(II), & 851
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release, $2,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Thomas R. Ross
slug: thomas-r-ross
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of California
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); conspiracy to distribute pseudoephedrine with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(d)(2); distribution of pseudoephedrine with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2)and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jerome Rowser
slug: jerome-rowser
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A); felon in possession of firearms, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months’ imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Alphonso P. Rubalcava
slug: alphonso-p-rubalcava
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(vii)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release ; amended to 327 months' imprisonment (June 22, 2007) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Breon Montez Sanders
slug: breon-montez-sanders
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
295 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Michael Sandmeyer
slug: michael-sandmeyer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) after having previously been convicted of a felony drug offense, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A) & 851; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(c)(2)


recipient_name: Kelvin Jerome Shears, Jr.
slug: kelvin-jerome-shears-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Andrew Simmons, III
slug: andrew-simmons-iii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Martin Ruiz Singh
slug: martin-ruiz-singh
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(A); distribution of methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) &  924(a)(2)


recipient_name: Kenneth H. Smith
slug: kenneth-h-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); convicted felon in possession of firearms 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2); false written statement to licensed firearm dealer, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) & 924(a)(2)


recipient_name: Kenneth Junior Smith
slug: kenneth-junior-smith
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, aid and abet (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)


recipient_name: Noriel K. Snider
slug: noriel-k-snider
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
196 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Christopher Stanton
slug: christopher-stanton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) & 924(e); possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(iii)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Sandy Steen
slug: sandy-steen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense: Possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Cedric DeWayne Stephens, aka Cedric Dwayne Stephens
slug: cedric-stephens
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)(vii); conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)

original_sentence:
120 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $2,000 fine; $2,000,000 forfeiture (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, and obligation and payment of $2,000,000 forfeiture remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Terry Storeby
slug: terry-storeby
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)(viii)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Minnie Pearl Thomas
slug: minnie-pearl-thomas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Vincent Thomas
slug: vincent-thomas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Louisiana
offense_category: other
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)


recipient_name: Derrick Anthony Timmons, aka Derick Timmons
slug: derrick-anthony-timmons-aka-derick-timmons
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: John L. Tolliver
slug: john-l-tolliver
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $250 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, and 10-year term of supervised release commuted to five years’ supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all conditions of the supervised release term and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Terrence Upshaw
slug: terrence-upshaw
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841


recipient_name: Ronald Wade
slug: ronald-wade
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $25,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018 and unpaid balance of the $25,000 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jimmy L. Walden, Jr.
slug: jimmy-l-walden-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Rodney Edward Wall
slug: rodney-edward-wall
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a protected area, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Clarence Ward
slug: clarence-ward
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (four counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Richard Douglas Warrick
slug: richard-douglas-warrick
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Drug conspiracy: controlled substance,sell, distribute or dispense mixture cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; controlled substance, sell, distribute or dispense mixture cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jamel Washington, aka Jamal Washington
slug: jamel-washington-aka-jamal-washington
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S. C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S. C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Dennis Merrimon Waters
slug: dennis-merrimon-waters
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1), &d 851


recipient_name: Dennis L. Webb
slug: dennis-l-webb
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Columbia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Unlawful distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); unlawful distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base (incorrectly listed on the judgment as cocaine), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); unlawful possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Billy Whitehead
slug: billy-whitehead
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Arkansas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; aiding and abetting the distribution of less than five grams of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution of more than five grams of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); aiding and abetting the distribution of more than five grams of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Patricia Widener
slug: patricia-widener
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense: Conspiracy to manufacture 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $10,950 restitution (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months’ imprisonment, and unpaid balance of $10,950 restitution obligation remitted, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ralph K. Williams
slug: ralph-k-williams
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $6 million forfeiture (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months' imprisonment and obligation and payment of $6,000,000 forfeiture remitted, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Byron Willis
slug: byron-willis
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense: Distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Damion M. Wilson
slug: damion-m-wilson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of five grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
188 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: David Dejuan Wise
slug: david-dejuan-wise
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Alabama
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 844(a)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Karen Denise Witherspoon
slug: karen-denise-witherspoon
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 851

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 262 months' imprisonment (November 19, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment  in residential drug treatment, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ervin Darnell Worthy
slug: ervin-darnell-worthy
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. Northern District of Ohio; 2. Northern District of Ohio; February 7, 1996
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, 18 U.S.C. § 922(k);; 2. Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
1.Life imprisonment; 2. Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on August 3, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: James Wright
slug: james-wright
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-08-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Maryland
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eric E. Alvarez
slug: eric-e-alvarez
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841; conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(h), (a)(1)(A)(i), & (a)(1)(B)(i)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Dale Baldwin
slug: dale-baldwin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Delaine F. Berg
slug: delaine-f-berg
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Missouri
offense: Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Philip Blackwood, aka Phillip George Blackwood
slug: philip-blackwood-aka-phillip-george-blackwood
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; distribution and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Wilhemina Bryan
slug: wilhemina-bryan
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to import five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Charrell Franklin Burrage
slug: charrell-franklin-burrage
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Christopher Shawn Collier
slug: christopher-shawn-collier
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of methamphetamine,  21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Richard Eugene Dains
slug: richard-eugene-dains
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Did conspire to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and unlawfully possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and prior thereto the defendant had been convicted in a court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Douglas Ray Dunkins, Jr.
slug: douglas-ray-dunkins-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Texas
offense: Conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: other
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ronald Gregory Farah
slug: ronald-gregory-farah
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to import marijuana into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 963; importation of marijuana into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 952; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Joe Mack Flowers
slug: joe-mack-flowers
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of "crack" cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of "crack" cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) & 2; convicted felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) & 924(e)

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Ronald Glinton
slug: ronald-glinton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§  841(a)(1) & 846; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§  841(a)(1) & 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §  841(a)(1); possession of cocaine with intent to manufacture cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§  841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Gregory E. Graham
slug: gregory-e-graham
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Wyoming
offense: Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Teresa Mechell Griffin
slug: teresa-mechell-griffin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Oklahoma
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess cocaine powder and/or cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); unlawful travel in interstate commerce with the intent to promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, and carrying on of unlawful activity, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a)(3) & 2 ; distribution of one kilogram of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Larry Roscoe Gunnell, Jr.
slug: larry-roscoe-gunnell-jr
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute crack and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 18 U.S.C.  § 2


recipient_name: Marvin Hampton
slug: marvin-hampton
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possession of a firearm in furtherance, of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Cedric Jarreau Hawkins
slug: cedric-jarreau-hawkins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Iowa
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Distribution of 5.4 grams of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a protected location after two or more prior felony drug convictions, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), 851 & 860

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Cleon Jermaine Hawkins
slug: cleon-jermaine-hawkins
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Louisiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
180 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Bennit Hayes
slug: bennit-hayes
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), (B)(1)(B)(iii), & 846; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(B)(1)(B)(ii)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release: $800 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Patrick Henderson
slug: patrick-henderson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Wisconsin
offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 292 months' imprisonment (March 16, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Tony Jones
slug: tony-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Everette Bryant Law
slug: everette-bryant-law
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute or to distribute crack cocaine, to distribute crack cocaine with intent of carrying on unlawful activity, distribute cocaine with intent of concealing proceeds of unlawful activity, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 853(a)(1)(2); distribute crack cocaine, aid and abet (three counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); false financial transactions to conceal proceeds of drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) & 2


recipient_name: Gary Allen Lott
slug: gary-allen-lott
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Oklahoma
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 846; maintaining a residence to manufacture methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1); possession of chemicals with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1); use of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
Life plus five years' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kareem Martin
slug: kareem-martin
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Michigan
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
276 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Nolan McSwain
slug: nolan-mcswain
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Central District of California
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Sherman Ray Meirovitz
slug: sherman-ray-meirovitz
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Minnesota
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 846; conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A) & 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Darran Lamar Moore
slug: darran-lamar-moore
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1)


recipient_name: Robert Pettway
slug: robert-pettway
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), (b)(1)(A)(iii), & 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Patrick Kit Plumlee
slug: patrick-kit-plumlee
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. §§ 848(a) & (c) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (eight counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) & (b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; use of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1) & 2; renting, leasing, and making premises available for storing and distributing cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856(a)(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; money laundering and conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 & 2; money laundering and conspiracy (five counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) & 2; money laundering and conspiracy (four counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1957 & 2

original_sentence:
Life plus 60 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 420 months' imprisonment (January 6, 2016) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Shawn Antonio Pressley
slug: shawn-antonio-pressley
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); carry a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)

original_sentence:
322 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Anthony Walter Puig
slug: anthony-walter-puig
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(B)(iii); possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Emlera Quince
slug: emlera-quince
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jesus Ruiz, aka Jesse Ruiz
slug: jesus-ruiz-aka-jesse-ruiz
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1.Western District of New York
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1.   Conspiracy to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846,     841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B);2.    Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S. C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); conspiracy to export marijuana, 21 U.S. C. §§ 963, 953(c), 960(a), & (B)(2)(G)

original_sentence:
1.    92 months' imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release;2.    360 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Garrie Lavert Samuels
slug: garrie-lavert-samuels
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); aiding and abetting distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; aiding and abetting distribution of more than five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Robert Lewis Sleepers, III
slug: robert-lewis-sleepers-iii
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841; conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Almos L. Starks
slug: almos-l-starks
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Ohio
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C.  § 846; possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C.  § 841(a)(1); possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C.  §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A); possession of firearms by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C.  §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(2)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; six years' supervised release; $20,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, and unpaid balance of the fine remitted, leaving intact and in effect the six-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Phillip Maurice Thomas
slug: phillip-maurice-thomas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute at least five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing MDMA or Ecstasy, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
292 months' imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release, leaving intact and in effect all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Shane William Tuttle
slug: shane-william-tuttle
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Montana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); use of a firearm during drug trafficking offense (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); illegal use of communication facility (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(c); possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; four years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the four-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Craig L. Watson
slug: craig-l-watson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Arkansas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); attempt to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
276 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; amended to 240 months' imprisonment (December 15, 2011) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Lawrence McArthur Webb
slug: lawrence-mcarthur-webb
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base and more than five kilograms of cocaine powder, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Danny Ray White
slug: danny-ray-white
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Attempt to manufacture and manufacture of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; attempt to manufacture and manufacture of amphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession of a three-neck round-bottom flask, 21 U.S.C. § 843; possession of a listed chemical, Ethyl Ether, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $11,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Julian L. Wyre
slug: julian-l-wyre
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-06-03
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Illinois
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
204 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; $250 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 3, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jasmine Allen
slug: jasmine-allen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A); manage or control a residence for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, storing and distributing a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2); distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B)

original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 188 months' imprisonment (February 29, 2016) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Timothy Antjuan Augustus
slug: timothy-antjuan-augustus
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
210 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Shannon Lee Blake
slug: shannon-lee-blake
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Wyoming
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & 841(b)(1)(A); possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $1,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 5, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Steven Bernard Boyd
slug: steven-bernard-boyd
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and to possess cocaine and cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine hydrochloride (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of cocaine and cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Donald Brooks
slug: donald-brooks
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and at least 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(ii), 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), & 846

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Charles C. Brown
slug: charles-c-brown
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Rhode Island
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), & 846; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Eddie Brown
slug: eddie-brown
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Columbia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Unlawful possession with intent to distribute 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 5, 2017, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Aundra Coats
slug: aundra-coats
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Ohio
offense: Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(a)(A), & 851
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jacob George Colbert
slug: jacob-george-colbert
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of Minnesota
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), & 846

original_sentence:
235 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 5, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence)


recipient_name: Dwayne Berman Cooper
slug: dwayne-berman-cooper
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to manufacture cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of cocaine with intent to manufacture cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Marion Clarence Cooper
slug: marion-clarence-cooper
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2


recipient_name: Vernon Copeland
slug: vernon-copeland
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Northern District of Georgia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; laundering of monetary instruments (three counts), 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Wade Cutchen
slug: wade-cutchen
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
324 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release; amended to 262 months' imprisonment (May 19, 2015) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 2, 2017, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Roberto Antonio Davila, aka Robert Davila
slug: roberto-antonio-davila-aka-robert-davila
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Western District of Texas
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); distribution of marijuana and aiding and abetting said offense, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; three years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the three-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Efrem Rahoman Douglas
slug: efrem-rahoman-douglas
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Tennessee
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)

original_sentence:
300 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Roy Geer
slug: roy-geer
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to import cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 963; attempt to import cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846

original_sentence:
252 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release, $8,500 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Jamal Hanson
slug: jamal-hanson
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: 1. District of Columbia
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
1. Distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)(iii)2. Possession of contraband in federal prison, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1791(a)(2) & 1791(b)(3)

original_sentence:
1. 262 months' imprisonment; five years’ supervised release2. 8 months' imprisonment (consecutive) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to a term on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Antonio Nicholas Hill
slug: antonio-nicholas-hill
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: District of South Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A) & 851

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Carla Yvette Holte
slug: carla-yvette-holte
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
262 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 5, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Corey D. Howard
slug: corey-d-howard
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Indiana
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine (mixture), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, & 851

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $2,000 fine (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: George Howard Jones
slug: george-howard-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of North Carolina
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846


recipient_name: Joseph John Jones
slug: joseph-john-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture containing cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) & 841(b)(a)(A)(iii)

original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Twaine Jones
slug: twaine-jones
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Southern District of Illinois
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

original_sentence:
360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release, $5,000 fine; amended to 324 months' imprisonment (October 29, 2008) (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Abbas Rauf Kareem
slug: abbas-rauf-kareem
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Middle District of Florida
offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)
offense_category: drug offense
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
original_sentence:
240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 5, 2018, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


recipient_name: Kenneth W. Kemp
slug: kenneth-w-kemp
clemency_type: commutation
grant_date: 2016-05-05
source_url: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-barack-h-obama-2009-2017
district: Eastern District of Virginia
offense_category: fraud
created_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
updated_at: 2026-06-07 07:38:11
offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; did cause interstate travel in aid of racketeering (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3) & 2; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2

original_sentence:
Life imprisonment; five years' supervised release (Terms: Prison sentence commuted to expire on September 2, 2016, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.)


