Summary
Lawrence Maurice Powe received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Powe had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), possession with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), and use of a firearm in a drug trafficking felony (two counts). The commutation reduced Powe's sentence, though the record does not specify the original sentence imposed or the sentence to which it was commuted.
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Clemency record
Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute schedule II (cocaine) controlled substance; Possess with intent to distribute schedule II (cocaine) controlled substance; use of firearm in a drug trafficking felony (two counts)
Original sentence: 480 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release · $100,000.00 fine (Southern District of Alabama).
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