Summary
Eric Wilson received a commutation of sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Wilson had been convicted of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, recruitment of employees under the age of 18, distribution of a controlled substance (12 counts), use of a communication facility, namely a telephone, in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (17 counts), laundering of monetary instruments, and possession and use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime. The commutation reduced his sentence of imprisonment, though the specific original sentence length and the length of the commuted sentence are not documented in the provided record.
Grant timeline
Clemency record
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise; recruitment of employees under the age of 18; distribution of a controlled substance (12 counts); use of a communication facility, namely a telephone, in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (17 counts); laundering of monetary instruments; possession and use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 60 months supervised release (Northern District of Illinois).
Open full case file