Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Donald L. Graham
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of crack cocaine and aiding and abetting (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Derrick Bullard
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Madison Pugh, Jr.
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Samuel Rodney Holmes
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Michael Cooper
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Sean Johnson
Violation of the Federal Controlled Substance Act (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 853 and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Adam G. Townsend
Distribution of at least five grams of cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B); illegal possession of firearm by felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Lasalle Boone
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(iii); possession of firearms by a person previously convicted of a felony crime, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
David Ray Roy
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Eric Marquan Dogan
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 851
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Fermon Keith Brown, Jr.
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), (b)(1)(A)(iii), & 846
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Desmond D'Juan Jones
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); distribution of five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); committing an offense while on pretrial release, 18 U.S.C. § 3147(1)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Mark Jeffrey Ward
1. Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base - crack, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846; possession of stolen firearms, 21 U.S.C. §§ 922(j) & 924(a)(2);
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Charles Edward Williams
Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a precursor material with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1); possession of a precursor material with knowledge that the material will be used to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
James Edward Blackmon
Possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) & 841(b)(1)(c)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Brian Keith Buckery
Possess with intent to distribute and distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Jeffery William Strain
Conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, actual, 50 grams, or more, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), & 846; manufacture methamphetamine, actual, 50 grams or more, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Terrance Everett Fuller
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 846
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Gregory Scott Taylor
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1)
Commutation · November 4, 2016
William Sidney Baldwin, Sr.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b)(1)(A)