WASHINGTON D.C.
Monday, President Obama granted commutation of sentence to 153 individuals and pardons to 78 individuals:
The President granted commutations of sentence to the following 153 individuals:
Kendrick Tyshawn Akins – Coppell, TX
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana; Eastern District of Texas
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (April 30, 2012)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.
Dale Wayne Aldridge – Unionville, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine; Southern District of Iowa
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (January 28, 2011)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months’ imprisonment.
Demetri D. Alexander – Kansas City, KS
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture cocaine base “crack” and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base “crack”; possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; District of Kansas
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (July 24, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 18, 2017.
Billy Mel Alford – Terrell, TX
Offense: Importation of a quantity of marijuana (three counts); possession with intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana (three counts); Western District of Texas
Sentence: 480 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $200,000 fine (July 22, 1997); amended to 480 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $150,000 fine (July 27, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months’ imprisonment, and unpaid balance of $150,000 fine remitted at the time of his release.
Antonio Jose Alonzo – Pelican Rapids, MN
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances; District of North Dakota
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (January 7, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to 292 months’ imprisonment.
For the entire list of people who had sentences commuted or pardoned click here: U.S. Department of Justice