Summary
Mark Lamont Byrd received a commutation of sentence on October 27, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Byrd had been convicted of possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of cocaine base, possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base. The commutation reduced his sentence, though the specific original sentence length and details of the federal district and year of conviction are not provided in the available record.
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Clemency record
Commutation · October 27, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of cocaine base; possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base
Original sentence: 180 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (Eastern District of Missouri).
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