Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Alton D. Mills
Granted December 18, 2015 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
In-depth case review
Alton D. Mills was convicted in the Northern District of Illinois in 1994 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine under 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b); conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of drug trafficking offenses under the same statutes; use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) on two counts; and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). President Barack Obama granted Mills a commutation on December 18, 2015.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine and conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of drug trafficking offenses, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b); use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Northern Illinois · 1994
Offense
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine and conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of drug trafficking offenses, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b) (18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b))
Offense
use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (two counts) (21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (two counts))
Offense
possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))
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