Summary
Connie Lee Lyons received a commutation of sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Lyons had been convicted of one specification of wrongful and wanton publication to the internet of intelligence belonging to the United States; five specifications of stealing, purloining, or knowingly converting U.S. government records; six specifications of willful communication of information relating to the national defense; one specification of willful communication of information in unlawful possession; one specification of willful communication of information relating to the national defense by exceeding authorized access to a U.S. government computer; one specification of willful communication of information relating to the national defense obtained by accessing a U.S. government computer; and five specifications of failure to obey order or regulation. The commutation reduced the sentence imposed at conviction, though the original sentence length and other sentencing details are not specified in the provided record.
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Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
One specification of wrongful and wanton publication to the internet intelligence belonging to the United States; five specifications of stealing, purloining or knowingly converting U.S. government records; six specifications of willful communication of information relating to the national defense; one specification of willful communication of information in unlawful possession; one specification of willful communication of information relating to the national defense by exceeding authorized access to a U.S. government computer; one specification of willful communication of information relating to the national defense obtained by accessing a U.S. government computer; five specifications of failure to obey order or regulation
Original sentence: 420 months imprisonment (U.S. Army Court Martial).
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