Summary
Eric Arthur Walton received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Walton had been convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, interstate transportation in aid of racketeering (2 counts), laundering of monetary instruments, and aiding and abetting in the possession of controlled substances. The commutation reduced his prison sentence, though the specific length of the original sentence and the length of the commuted sentence are not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute marijuana; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments; interstate transportation in aid of racketeering (2 counts); laundering of monetary instruments; aiding and abetting in the possess
Original sentence: 60 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release · $20,000.00 fine (1. & 2. Northern District of West Virginia).
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