Summary
Jerome Lee Borders received a commutation of sentence on August 30, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Borders had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and (b), and conspiracy to commit money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h). The commutation reduced his sentence, though the specific original sentence length and any conditions attached to the commutation are not detailed in the available record.
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Clemency record
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), & (b); conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) (18 U.S.C. § 1956(h))
Original sentence: 60 months supervised release (Western District of North Carolina).
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