Summary
Gerardo Hernandez was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371), conspiracy to gather and transmit national defense information (18 U.S.C. § 794(c)), conspiracy to commit murder (18 U.S.C. § 1117), fraud and misuse of documents (18 U.S.C. § 1546(a)), possession with intent to use five or more fraudulent identification documents (18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(3)), and acting as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General (18 U.S.C. § 951). On December 17, 2014, President Barack Obama granted Hernandez a commutation of his sentence.
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Commutation · December 17, 2014
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371; conspiracy to gather and transmit national defense information, 18 U.S.C § 794(c); conspiracy to commit murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1117; fraud and misuse of documents, 18 U.S.C § 1546(a); possession with intent to use five or more fraudulent identification documents, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(3); acting as an agent of foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General, 18 U.S.C. § 951
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (18 U.S.C. § 371)
- Offense — conspiracy to gather and transmit national defense information, 18 U.S.C § 794(c) (18 U.S.C § 794(c))
- Offense — conspiracy to commit murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1117 (18 U.S.C. § 1117)
- Offense — fraud and misuse of documents, 18 U.S.C § 1546(a) (18 U.S.C § 1546(a))
- Offense — possession with intent to use five or more fraudulent identification documents, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(3) (18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(3))
- Offense — acting as an agent of foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General, 18 U.S.C. § 951 (18 U.S.C. § 951)
Original sentence: 60 months supervised release (Southern Florida).
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