Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Eric Wilson
Granted January 17, 2017 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Eric Wilson was convicted in the Northern District of Illinois in 1997 of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, recruitment of employees under the age of 18, distribution of a controlled substance (12 counts), use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (17 counts), laundering of monetary instruments, and possession and use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime. He was sentenced to 60 months supervised release. On January 17, 2017, President Barack Obama granted Wilson a commutation.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise; recruitment of employees under the age of 18; distribution of a controlled substance (12 counts); use of a communication facility, namely a telephone, in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (17 counts); laundering of monetary instruments; possession and use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime
Northern District of Illinois · 1997
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Original penalties
Sentence
60 months supervised release
Sentenced Northern District of Illinois
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