Federal clemency record

Clemency granted by Barack Obama

Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017

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Commutation · March 30, 2016
John E. Milton, III
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Robert Anthony Anderson
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Robert Lee Lane
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A)(iii)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Sammy Lee Woods
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A)(iii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2; use of a communications facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute 1.062 grams of cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Michael W. Morris
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute "crack" cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Eric Smith
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; unlawfully maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing and using cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Shermaine Donnell Whitley
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, & 851
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Damion L. Tripp
Possession with intent to distribute a substance containing 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); possession with intent to distribute a substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(D)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Kevin County
1. Distributing more than 100 grams of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distributing less than 100 grams of heroin (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 2. Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, & 851(a); distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a); distribution of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a); use of a communication facility in furtherance of a drug crime, 21 U.S.C. §§ 843(b) & 851(a)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Andrew Lee Holzendorf
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Kenneth Isaacs
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute hydromorphone, 21 U.S.C. § 846
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Bernard Beard, aka Bernard Devon Beard
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, and phencyclidine (PCP), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A); felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Dwayne Twane Walker, aka Duane Tuane Walker
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
George Michael Gray
Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; manufacture of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of firearm in connection with drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Christopher Michael Wright
Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), & 846
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Carmel Bretous
Conspiracy to import at least five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 963; importation of five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 952(a); conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Ismael Rosa
Conspiracy to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine (four counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; use of communication facility in commission of drug offense (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Terry Lee Brown
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, & 851(a)
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Jose Ramon Rivera
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of heroin (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
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Commutation · January 16, 2016
Ali Saboonchi
Conspiracy to export to an embargoed country, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.203–4; unlawful export to an embargoed country (seven counts), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 & 1705 and 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.203–4
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