Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Christopher G. Rhodes
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Howard Gregory Cromer
Possession of firearms by convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g); possession with the intent to distribute at least five grams of methamphetamine after a conviction for a prior drug offense, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii), & 851; possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Brian Goodine
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five or more grams of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Kevin Lee Johnson
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; distribution of five grams or more of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Ricky Mitchell
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine hydrochloride and crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Michael Lee Roth
Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual and possess and distribute pseudoephedrine following felony drug conviction, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), (c)(1), (c)(2), 846 & 851; travel in interstate commerce and aid and abet travel in interstate commerce with the intent to promote and facilitate a business enterprise involving the manufacture and distribution of controlled substances, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a)(3) & (a)(3)(A)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Bradford S. Potts
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), (b)(1)(A)(iii), & 846
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Zoann Brown
Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 846
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Justin L. Border
Conspiracy to distribute drugs, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A) & (b)(1)(D); possession of drugs with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & (b)(1)(D); felon in possession of firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Gerald William Sachsenmaier
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Daniel Holmes
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base ("crack") and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C), 846, & 851
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Kelly J. Winkenhofer, aka Jean Kelly Winkenhofer
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)A)(viii)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Monica Lorraine Amaker
1. Conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine base and hydromorphone, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of hydromorphone, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1);
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Cory Shane Peacock
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possession of a firearm during a drug-trafficking offense, 21 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Damian Roman Steplight
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine
Commutation · October 27, 2016
William Abel Yates
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Tony O’Neal Johnson
Possession with intent to distribute at least five grams of cocaine base (three counts)
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Israel John Patrick Davis
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a controlled substance
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Jamar Henry
Possession of five or more grams of cocaine base "crack" with the intent to distribute
Commutation · October 27, 2016
James Holmes
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; maintaining a place for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base