Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Donald Lee Gill
Granted December 18, 2015 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
In-depth case review
Donald Lee Gill was convicted in 1997 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and aiding and abetting under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime under 18 U.S.C. § 924. On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted Gill's sentence.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; carrying firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924
Eastern Kentucky · 1997
Offense
possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2)
Offense
carrying firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924 (18 U.S.C. § 924)
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