Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Bobby Richard Cotton, Jr.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Barry Renfold Cooley
Conspiracy to distribute narcotics, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Kenneth Russell McCoy, aka Kenneth L. Ragland
Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A) & 851(a)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Leon Perry
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute a quantity of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Walter Breland
Possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851(a)(1); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Ronald Evans
1. Possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B);
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Eddie Brown
Distribution of cocaine hydrochloride (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Charceil Kellam
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A); distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C); distribute more than 5 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Derrick Anthony Johnson
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; as principle or aider and abettor, possessed with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Robert Hill
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Andrew Simmons, III
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 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)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Cleveland R. Franklin, Jr., aka Cleveland McKnight
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 851; carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
James LaRon Knight
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Jose Manuel Candelario
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Schedule II (crack cocaine) controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possess with intent to distribute Schedule II (crack cocaine) controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Ronald Perry Moon
Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), & 851; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Terry Davis, aka Terre Devon Davis
Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Delaria Antwan Conway
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of crack cocaine and a quantity of cocaine (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), & (b)(1)(C)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Jimmy L. Walden, Jr.
Possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Antonio Cobb
Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Bernard Gibson, Sr.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled drug substances: heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846