Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · December 18, 2015
George Andre Axam
Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 (g) & 924 (e)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Alphonso Ravon Morrison
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute, a quantity of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Mario Alonzo Johnson
Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Doyle Grimes, Jr.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A) and 851; possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Eddie Lee Cooks
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
John Thomas Watters
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)
Open case filePardon · December 18, 2015
Melody Eileen Homa, fka Melody Eileen Childress
Aiding and abetting bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344 and 2
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Wendell Edward Betancourt
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute “crack” cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Javon Tyrone Johnson
Distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Ryan O'Neil Lansdowne
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Joe Nathan Darby
Possession with intent to distribute and distribution of five grams or more of crack cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); Possession with intent to distribute and distribution of 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Michael McRae, aka Clyde McRae, III
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Chad Robert Latham
Conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, 21 U.S.C §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 846; manufacturing marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Eric L. Orington
Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of (crack) cocaine, 18 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Eric Desmond Thomas
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Donald Allen
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Alberto Gonzalez
Conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of 1,003 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Kenneth Cordell Robinson
Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(1)(A)(iii)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Glenn A. Harris
Distribution of more than five grams of cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Shelton L. Williams
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)
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