Summary
Melvin Tucker was convicted in federal court of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and to distribute cocaine salt after a conviction for a felony drug offense, as well as distribution and aiding and abetting the distribution of 12.39 grams of cocaine base after a conviction. On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted Tucker's sentence.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and to distribute cocaine salt after a conviction for a felony drug offense; distribution and aiding and abetting the distribution of 12.39 grams of cocaine base after a conviction
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Northern District of Iowa).
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