Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · October 27, 2016
David Neighbors
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and less than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride; distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Virgilio Jimenez
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Brandon Terrell Stevenson
Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a mixture and substance containing cocaine and more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Shane Derek Brown
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Olynthia Louise Hinton
Possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base
Commutation · October 27, 2016
John Lockett
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine (two counts)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Stephen Joseph Graham
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Stanley D. Thomasson
Used/carried firearms during drug trafficking crime (two counts); possession of Schedule II narcotic controlled substance (three counts)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Rasheed Jamal Olds
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine; conspiracy to launder money
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Thomas Lee Miller
Manufacturing or attempt to manufacture five grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location after having a prior felony drug conviction
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Gary Don Starnes
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Francisco Navarro
Importation of heroin; possession of heroin with intent to distribute
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Hayzen Turner, Jr.
Distribution of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (three counts); distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, cocaine hydrochloride and marijuana; carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense; felon in possession of a firearm (three counts)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Otis McRay
Conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; distribution of 5 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Terrance Ramon Merritt
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base; 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a detectable amount of MDMA and a detectable amount of marijuana; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Ronnie Dean Shelton
Possession of more than five grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Tony Orlando Hughes
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base; distribute cocaine base (22 counts); distribute cocaine (two counts); possession of firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime (eight counts); possess with intent to distribute cocaine (three counts)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Rico Mayo
Possession of five or more grams of cocaine base; use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
Commutation · October 27, 2016
William D. Hoopingarner
Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine (mixture); Southern District of Indiana
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Darrell E. Robinson
Conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base