Federal clemency case file
Pardon of Michael Ray Neal
Granted May 20, 2011 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Michael Ray Neal was convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia of manufacturing, assembling, modifying, and distributing equipment for unauthorized decryption of satellite cable programming in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 605(e)(4). On May 20, 2011, President Barack Obama granted Neal a pardon.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Manufacture, assembly, modification and distribution of equipment for unauthorized decryption of satellite cable programming, 47 U.S.C.§ 605(e)(4)
E. D. Va.
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