Federal clemency record
Ricardo Sanchez, Jr., aka Ricardo Sanchez
Summary
Ricardo Sanchez, Jr. received a commutation of sentence on December 23, 2024, from President Joe Biden for convictions including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, carjacking resulting in death, carrying and using firearms during crimes of violence and drug trafficking offenses resulting in death, felon in possession of firearms, and related charges. The commutation reduced his sentence without vacating the underlying convictions.
Clemency record · 1 grant
Commutation · December 23, 2024
Granted by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one or more controlled substances; knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance; knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit an offense against the United States, that is, the carjacking of a motor vehicle and its contents, which motor vehicle had been transported, shipped, or received in interstate commerce; knowingly and intentionally, with the intent to cause death and serious bodily harm, take a motor vehicle and its contents, which resulted in death; knowingly carry and use a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence, and a drug trafficking crime and in the course caused the death of a person through the use of a firearm (four counts); knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute one or more controlled substances; possession of one or more firearms by a convicted felon; knowingly use and carry one or more firearms, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 60 months supervised release (sentenced May 13, 2009, Southern District of Florida).