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Each year the President of the United States uses his power to grant pardons to criminals he deems are deserving of forgiveness. The Constitution gives the president authority to exercise this judgment except in the case of impeachment. Today President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty
individuals, consisting of eight commutations and twelve pardons.
The President granted commutations of sentence to the following eight individuals:
·
Sidney Earl Johnson, Jr. – Mobile, AL
Offense:
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent
to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute
cocaine base; use of a communication facility to commit a felony
(Southern District of Alabama)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release
(Apr. 13, 1994)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
June 12, 2015.
·
Cathy Lee Jones – Portsmouth, VA
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
and distribute heroin and cocaine base (Eastern District of Virginia)
Sentence: 262 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised
release (Apr. 29, 2003)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
April 15, 2015.
·
Rickey Marcell McCall – Birmingham, AL
Offense:
Possession with intent to distribute in excess
of 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base;
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (two counts) (Northern
District of Alabama)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 120 months’ supervised release
(Jan. 11, 2001)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
April 15, 2015.
·
Larry Nailor – Memphis, TN
Offense: Possession of a controlled substance with intent
to distribute approximately 50 grams of cocaine base (Western District of Tennessee)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release
(Nov. 7, 1997)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
April 15, 2015.
·
Antonio Gromyko Reeves – Kennett, MO
Offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base
(Eastern District of Missouri)
Sentence: 188 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised
release (May 21, 2004)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
April 15, 2015.
·
Jennifer Regenos – Muscatine, IA
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine (Southern
District of Iowa)
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised
release (Mar. 25, 2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
April 15, 2015.
·
Barbara Lammsies Scrivner – Portland, OR
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent
to distribute, and distribute methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (District of Oregon)
Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised
release (July 3, 1995)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
June 12, 2015.
·
Israel Abel Torres – Dallas, TX
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
controlled substances; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Eastern District of Texas)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release;
$1,000 fine (Dec. 4, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on
April 15, 2015.
The President granted pardons to the following twelve individuals:
·
Roy Norman Auvil – Bartonville, IL
Offense: Possession of an unregistered distilling apparatus;
working a distillery on which the required sign is not placed (District of South Carolina)
Sentence: Five years’ probation (Nov. 16, 1964)
·
Bernard Bryan Bulcourf – McIntosh, FL
Offense: Counterfeiting Federal Reserve notes (Southern
District of Florida)
Sentence: 90 days’ confinement in a community treatment
center, followed by three years’ probation (Nov. 18, 1988)
·
Steve Charlie Calamars – San Antonio, TX
Offense: Possession of phenyl-2-propanone with intent to
manufacture a quantity of methamphetamine (Western District of Texas)
Sentence: 57 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised
release (May 31, 1989; as amended Apr. 8, 1994)
·
Diane Mary DeBarri, fka Diane Mary Wilhelm – Fairless Hills, PA
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine;
distribution of methamphetamine (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
Sentence: 90 days’ imprisonment; five years’ probation conditioned
on performance of community service as directed by the court (June 15, 1984)
·
Donnie Keith Ellison – London, KY
Offense: Manufacture of marijuana (Eastern District of Kentucky)
Sentence: Five months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised
release (Sept. 1, 1995)
·
John Marshall French – Clovis, CA
Offense: Conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle
in interstate commerce (District of South Carolina)
Sentence: Three years’ probation conditioned on performance
of 100 hours of community service and payment of $2,337 restitution (Mar. 2, 1993)
·
Ricardo Marcial Lomedico, Sr. – Point Roberts, WA
Offense: Misappropriation of bank funds by an employee (Western
District of Washington)
Sentence: Five years’ imprisonment (Nov. 21, 1969)
·
David Raymond Mannix – Lafayette, OR
Offense: Conspiracy to commit larceny; theft of military
property (U.S. Marine Corps general court-martial convened at Camp Pendleton, CA)
Sentence: 75 days’ confinement; forfeiture of $350 pay per
month for three months; reduction to Private First Class, pay grade E-2 (Oct. 18, 1989, as approved Mar. 2, 1990)
·
David Neil Mercer – Grand Junction, CO
Offense: Archaeological Resources Protection Act violation
(District of Utah)
Sentence: 36 months’ probation; $2,500 fine; $1,437.72 joint
and several restitution (Apr. 9, 1997)
·
Claire Holbrook Mulford, fka Claire Audrey Holbrook – Flint, TX
Offense: Using a residence to distribute methamphetamine;
carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime (Eastern District of Texas)
Sentence: 70 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised
release (Dec. 3, 1993)
·
Brian Edward Sledz – Naperville, IL
Offense: Wire fraud; violation of the Commodity Exchange
Act (Northern District of Illinois)
Sentence: One year of probation conditioned on payment of
$1,318 costs of supervision and $8,297.91 restitution (Apr. 29, 1993)
·
Albert Byron Stork – Delta, CO
Offense: Filing a false tax return (District of Colorado)
Sentence: Six months’ confinement in a jail-type or treatment
institution; three years’ probation (May 8, 1987)