Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · June 3, 2016
Nolan McSwain
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Wilhemina Bryan
Conspiracy to import five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Teresa Mechell Griffin
Conspiracy to possess cocaine powder and/or cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); unlawful travel in interstate commerce with the intent to promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, and carrying on of unlawful activity, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a)(3) & 2 ; distribution of one kilogram of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Patrick Kit Plumlee
Continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. §§ 848(a) & (c) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (eight counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) & (b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; use of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1) & 2; renting, leasing, and making premises available for storing and distributing cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856(a)(2) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; money laundering and conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 & 2; money laundering and conspiracy (five counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(1)(B)(i) & 2; money laundering and conspiracy (four counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1957 & 2
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Darran Lamar Moore
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Marvin Hampton
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possession of a firearm in furtherance, of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Gary Allen Lott
Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 846; maintaining a residence to manufacture methamphetamine (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1); possession of chemicals with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1); use of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Douglas Ray Dunkins, Jr.
Conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Emlera Quince
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Ronald Gregory Farah
Conspiracy to import marijuana into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 963; importation of marijuana into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 952; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Dale Baldwin
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Richard Eugene Dains
Did conspire to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and unlawfully possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and prior thereto the defendant had been convicted in a court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm 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)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Bennit Hayes
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), (B)(1)(B)(iii), & 846; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(B)(1)(B)(ii)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Delaine F. Berg
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Danny Ray White
Attempt to manufacture and manufacture of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; attempt to manufacture and manufacture of amphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession of a three-neck round-bottom flask, 21 U.S.C. § 843; possession of a listed chemical, Ethyl Ether, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Charrell Franklin Burrage
Possession with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Phillip Maurice Thomas
Possession with intent to distribute at least five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing MDMA or Ecstasy, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Tony Jones
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Shawn Antonio Pressley
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); carry a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
Open case fileCommutation · June 3, 2016
Cleon Jermaine Hawkins
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)
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