Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Stanley Knox
Granted December 19, 2016 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
In-depth case review
Stanley Knox was convicted in the Northern District of Mississippi in 1996 of continuing criminal enterprise; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; use of a communication facility to facilitate distribution of cocaine base (seven counts); attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (two counts); distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a high school (two counts); and use of a communication facility to facilitate the attempted distribution of cocaine base (two counts). He was sentenced to 96 months supervised release. On December 19, 2016, President Barack Obama granted Knox a commutation of his sentence.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Continuing criminal enterprise; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; use of a communication facility to facilitate distribution of cocaine base (seven counts); attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (two counts); distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a high school (two counts); use of a communication facility to facilitate the attempted distribution of cocaine base (two counts)
Northern District of Mississippi · 1996
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
96 months supervised release · $2,000.00 fine
Sentenced Northern District of Mississippi
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People and petition history
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