Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · March 30, 2016
Vander Keith Gore
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, and less than 100 grams of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · March 30, 2016
Herbert Lewis, Jr.
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
Open case fileCommutation · 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
Open case fileCommutation · 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
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · 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
Open case fileCommutation · March 30, 2016
Michael W. Morris
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute "crack" cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · 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
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · March 30, 2016
Andrew Lee Holzendorf
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · March 30, 2016
Kenneth Isaacs
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute hydromorphone, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · March 30, 2016
Dwayne Twane Walker, aka Duane Tuane Walker
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · 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
Open case fileCommutation · 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)
Open case fileCommutation · 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
Open case fileCommutation · 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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