Federal clemency record
Clemency granted by Barack Obama
Democratic · January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Julius Shaner Hayes
1. Supervised release violation;
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Wesley Eugene Northington
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; aiding and abetting murder in relation of a drug trafficking crime; interstate travel with intent to commit murder for hire
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Omar Demortius Williams
Possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of "crack cocaine", a Schedule II narcotic drug controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a public school; possession with intent to distribute "crack cocaine", a Schedule II narcotic drug controlled substance
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Timothy Wayne Calhoun
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Gary Allen Thomas
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of more than five kilograms of cocaine
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Michael Thomas Potts
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Roland J. Bailey
Unlawful possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Randy R. Jefferson
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Donnell Bartholomew Ford
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; conspiracy to commit money laundering; attempted possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Bobby Wayne Reed
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine 50 grams or more of cocaine base and five kilograms or more of cocaine; distribution of cocaine; opening and maintaining a place for distribution of a controlled substance and aiding and abetting
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Ruben Velez
Possession with intent to distribute controlled substances (two counts)
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Adrian Scott
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture containing heroin and a mixture containing Fentanyl; possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing Fentanyl and aiding and abetting
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Donald Wayne Dowling
Aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute and a controlled substance, methamphetamine
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Lamell T. Jones
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (crack); conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack); aided and abetted in the possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack)
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Dwight M. Spencer
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Randy Gean Williams
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine; money laundering
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Douglas Eugene Harms
Manufacture and distribution of 50 grams or more, of methamphetamine actual, distribution of methamphetamine to a person under age 21; distribution and possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine after previous conviction of a felony drug offense; interstate travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprise
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Kandis Karlotta Shipman
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute actual methamphetamine
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Kenneth Jay Putensen
1. Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine to distribute and possess pseudoephedrine and to possess pseudoephedrine, after being convicted of two felony drug offenses;