Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Thomas R. Ross
Granted August 3, 2016 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Thomas R. Ross was convicted in the Eastern District of California in 2001 of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), conspiracy to distribute pseudoephedrine with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(d)(2), and distribution of pseudoephedrine with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance and aiding and abetting under 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. He was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment followed by 60 months of supervised release. President Barack Obama commuted his sentence on August 3, 2016.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
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
Eastern District of California · 2001
Offense
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 (21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2)and 18 U.S.C. § 2)
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
240 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of California
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