Summary
Kenneth Shannon Meadows was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina of manufacturing, assembling, modifying, selling, and distributing electronic devices for the unauthorized decryption of direct-to-home satellite television services. On December 19, 2016, President Barack Obama granted Meadows a full pardon for this offense.
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Pardon · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Manufacture, assemble, modify, sell and distribute electronic devices for the unauthorized decryption of direct-to-home satellite television services
Original sentence: 36 months probation (Western District of Kentucky).
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