Summary
Roy Darrell Benson received a full pardon on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama for a conviction related to bank fraud. The pardon was granted in the final weeks of Obama's second term as part of a broader exercise of presidential clemency authority.
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Pardon · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Bank fraud
Original sentence: 18 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release (District of Oregon).
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