Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · January 16, 2016
Arash Ghahreman
Conspiracy to export to embargoed country, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. § 560; conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 554; attempted export to embargoed country, aiding and abetting, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705; 31 C.F.R § 560.203 & 560.204; and 18 U.S.C. § 2; smuggling of goods from the United States, aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 554 & 2; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(h) & (a)(2)(A); laundering of monetary instruments, aiding and abetting (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(2)(A) & 2
Open case fileCommutation · January 16, 2016
Nader Modanlo
Conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 981(a)(1)(C), 982, & 3292 and 28 U.S.C. § 2461; violation of the International Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1705(b) and C.F.R. § 560.204; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 981(a)(1)(C), 982, and 3292; and 28 U.S.C. § 2461; violation of the International Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1705(b) and C.F.R. § 560.206; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 981(a)(1)(C), 982, & 3292; and 28 U.S.C. § 2461; money laundering; 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 981(a)(1)(C), 982, 1956(a)(2)(A), & 3292 and 28 U.S.C. § 2461; money laundering (five counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 981(a)(1)(C), 982, 1957(a), & 3292 and 28 U.S.C. § 2461; obstruction of bankruptcy proceedings, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Pedro Figueroa
Conspiracy to distribute controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of controlled substance, aiding and abetting (three counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
William Ervin Dekle
Conspiracy to import 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; importation of 100 kilograms of marijuana (four counts), 21 U.S.C. § 952; possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms of marijuana (four counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Edward B. Betts
Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marihuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Michael Reese Coffman
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), & 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Michael Santoyo
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Billie Marie Taylor
Did knowingly and willfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other, and with other persons, to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and intentionally possess a listed chemical, namely ephedrine, with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); did knowingly possess a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, with a barrel length of less than 18 inches and a weapon made from a shotgun with an overall length of less than 26 inches, and such firearm was not registered to the defendant in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Herbert Lee Christopher, Jr.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Reginald Gerard Ennis
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Timothy Bernard Sanchious
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, to wit: “crack”, 21 U.S.C. § 841
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Lelus Crawford
Distribution of cocaine base (“crack”) (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a).
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Ernest R. Eads
1. Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 8462. Felon in possession of firearms, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) & 2
Open case filePardon · December 18, 2015
Jon Dylan Girard
Making counterfeit obligations, 18 U.S.C. § 471
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Angie Jenkins
Conspiracy manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 846; manufacture of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii); possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Alex Contreras
Drug conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of a controlled substance, (four counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), & (b)(1)(C); possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (four counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); using, carrying, possessing firearm during drug trafficking crime (three counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Carlos Lopez
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (four counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possess and carry a firearm during a drug crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of firearm by a prohibited person, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession of firearm with an obliterated serial number, 18 U.S.C. § 922(k)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Matthew Murphy, III
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Keith Demond Thompson
Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · December 18, 2015
Felix Roman, Jr.
Possession of five grams or more of cocaine base “crack” with the intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(D)
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