Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Joshua Boyer
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)(ii); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A) & (c)(1)(B)(i); possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) & 5871
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Marston Edward Blue
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; felon in possession of firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possess with intent to distribute heroin, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Reinaldo A. Arocho
Drug conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; maintaining a drug house, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1); distribution of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); carrying a firearm during drug trafficking, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); attempting to corruptly persuade a witness, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
John A. Hill
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841; possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841; felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Barry Charles Butler
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Donyelle Childs
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Damion M. Wilson
Distribution of five grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
John L. Tolliver
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Lloyd Battles, aka Lloyd Richardson
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 846; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(iii) & 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · August 3, 2016
James Wright
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Luciano Murga
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(vii), & 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Torey A. McKay
Possession with intent to distribute and distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii); possession with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Eric L. Lemon
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Jeffrey Lynn Jones
Manufacturing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii) & 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Evans Ray, Jr.
Distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) & 2
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Linton C. Nichols
Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Mark Anthony Clark
Conspiracy, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession with intent to distribute amphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm by a felon/fugitive from justice and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 (g)(1), (g)(2), & 2
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Charlie Lawuary
Possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Michael L. Franklin
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(a), & 851
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Lonnie Dwayne Payne
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); interstate transportation of a firearm by a felon , 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)