Federal clemency case file
Commutation of John Thomas Watters
Granted December 18, 2015 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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John Thomas Watters was convicted in 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substance (two counts) under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(vii), and 851; maintaining drug-involved premises under 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2); and felon in possession of firearms under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). He was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment and 120 months supervised release. On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama granted Watters a commutation of his sentence.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substance (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(vii), & 851; maintaining drug involved premises, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2); felon in possession of firearms, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2)
Northern Oklahoma · 2006
Offense
maintaining drug involved premises, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2) (21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2))
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Northern Oklahoma
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