Federal clemency case file
Pardon of Dustin Laurent Heard
Granted December 22, 2020 by Donald Trump (Republican).
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Dustin Laurent Heard was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2015 of six counts of voluntary manslaughter with aiding and abetting, eleven counts of attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter with aiding and abetting, and charges related to using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence with aiding and abetting. He was sentenced to 151 months imprisonment followed by 36 months of supervised release. On December 22, 2020, President Donald Trump granted Heard a pardon.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (six counts); attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (11 counts); using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done
District of Columbia · 2015
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
151 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release
Sentenced April 13, 2015 · District of Columbia
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