Federal clemency record

Clemency granted by Barack Obama

Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017

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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Dewayne L. Comer
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 848; conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Edgar Gonzalez-Valentin
Conspiracy to import cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 600 & 963 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; importation of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 952; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of firearm in relation to drug trafficking crime (two counts), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Samuel Grooms, aka Denny Grooms
Conspiracy with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 851; attempted possession with intent to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Toddrick Onterio Franklin
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(iii),& (b)(1)(C); possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A); being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm in and affecting interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) & 924(a)(2)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Rodney Edward Wall
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a protected area, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Bobbie Jo Diers
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Patrick A. Brown
Felon in possession of a firearm, aiding and abetting (two counts), 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) & 2; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Tommy M. Martinez
Conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); distribution of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Terrence Upshaw
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Christopher J. Heath
Conspiracy to manufacture more tha+J359n 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Minnie Pearl Thomas
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Sidney J. Ball
Possession with intent to distribute 12.04 kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 851
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Scottie Ladon Dixon
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; 2. Violation of supervised release (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Reba L. McIntyre
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Gregory Allen Liningham
Possession of more than 50 grams of "crack" cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Jose Carlos Arras, Jr., aka Jose Carlos Arras
1. Conspiracy to import, 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to wit: possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms and more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846;
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Clarence Ward
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (four counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Walter Lee Johnson
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(B)(ii) & 846; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)(A)(iii) & 846
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Sandy Steen
Possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Kent Edward Kiser
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 846; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
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