Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Eugene Ross Cousins
Granted August 3, 2016 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Eugene Ross Cousins received a commutation of sentence on August 3, 2016, from President Barack Obama for federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses committed in the Western District of Virginia. Cousins was convicted in 2007 of distribution of methamphetamine (two counts), possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking (two counts), and drug user possession of a firearm (two counts), and had been sentenced to 406 months imprisonment with 36 months supervised release. The commutation reduced his sentence while preserving his supervised release obligation.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Distribution of methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A); drug user in possession of firearm (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(3) & 924(a)(2)
Western District of Virginia · 2007
Offense
possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A))
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
406 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release
Sentenced April 4, 2015 · Western District of Virginia
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