Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Dirk Ladson
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Roosevelt Brockington
Distribution in excess of five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Richard Van Winrow
Possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Joseph J. Campbell
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A), 846 & 851; unlawful use of communication facility to facilitate drug trafficking activity, 21 U.S.C. §§ 843(b) & 851
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Quincy Allen Goins
Possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Jonathan Carnell Williams
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base or crack, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Fred Charles, Jr.
Conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(ii)(II); use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924©(1)(A)(i)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Joseph Newton
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of a communication facility, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) & (c)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Samuel Latrell Johnson
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Duane Clasen
1. Distribution of approximately 6.85 grams of methamphetamine (mixture), after having previously been convicted of one or more felony drug offenses, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) & 851;
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Norman Eugene Van Zee
Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Gary L. Lynch
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Derrick Lewis Bynum
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of a communications device to facilitate narcotics trafficking (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); possession with intent to distribute controlled substances (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Jose Jasso, Jr.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Elliott Gray
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) & 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Travis Dwaine Corley
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Raenna Mae Paxton
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Calvin Dwayne Sangster
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Theodore Johnson
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Monroe Herring
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 851