Barack Obama - Pardons and Commutations lyrics

WASHINGTON, DC - Today President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty-one individuals, consisting of eight commutations and thirteen pardons. The President granted commutations to the following eight individuals: Clarence Aaron - Mobile, Ala. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute c**aine and c**aine base; possession with intent to distribute c**aine; attempt to possess c**aine with intent to distribute (Southern District of Alabama) Sentence: Life imprisonment, five years' supervised release (Dec. 10, 1993) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 17, 2014 Stephanie Yvette George - Pensacola, Fla. Offense: Conspiracy to possess c**aine base with intent to distribute (Northern District of Florida) Sentence: Life imprisonment, ten years' supervised release (May 5, 1997) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 17, 2014 Ezell Gilbert - Tampa, Fla. Offense: Possession with intent to deliver c**aine base; possession with intent to distribute marijuana (Middle District of Florida) Sentence: 292 months' imprisonment, five years' supervised release (Mar. 25, 1997) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to time already served Helen R. Alexander Gray - Ty Ty, Ga. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute c**aine base; possession with intent to distribute c**aine base; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Middle District of Georgia) Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment (Oct. 8, 1996) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 17, 2014 Jason Hernandez - McKinney, Tex. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances; possession with intent to distribute and distribute crack c**aine and methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute a mixture of methamphetamine and c**aine hydrochloride; distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a protected property; establishing a place for manufacture and distribution of controlled substances (Eastern District of Texas) Sentence: Life imprisonment; eight years' supervised release; $5,000 fine (Oct. 2, 1998) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to 240 months (20 years) Ricky Eugene Patterson - Fort Pierce, Fla. Offense: Conspiracy to distribute c**aine base; possession with intent to distribute c**aine base (Southern District of Florida) Sentence: Life imprisonment, 10 years' supervised release (Aug. 3, 1995) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 17, 2014 Billy Ray Wheelock - Belton, Tex. Offense: Conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack c**aine; possession with intent to distribute more than 5 grams of crack c**aine within 1,000 feet of a school; possession with intent to distribute crack c**aine (Western District of Texas) Sentence: Life imprisonment, 10 years' supervised release, $3,000 fine (Jun. 9, 1993) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 17, 2014 Reynolds Allen Wintersmith, Jr. - Rockford, Ill. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute c**aine and c**aine base; possession with intent to distribute crack (Northern District of Illinois) Sentence: Life imprisonment, five years' supervised release, $1,000 fine (Nov. 23, 1994) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 17, 2014 The President granted pardons to the following thirteen individuals: William Ricardo Alvarez - Marietta, Ga. Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute h**n ; conspiracy to import h**n (District of Puerto Rico) Sentence: Time served after nine months' imprisonment, four years' supervised release (Apr. 30, 1997; amended Jul. 31, 1997) Charlie Lee Davis, Jr. - Wetumpka, Ala. Offense: Possession with intent to distribute c**aine base; use of a minor to distribute c**aine base (Middle District of Alabama) Sentence: 87 months' imprisonment, five years' supervised release (Mar. 21, 1995) Ronald Eugene Greenwood - Crane, Mo. Offense: Conspiracy to violate the Clean Water Act (District of South Dakota) Sentence: Three years' probation, conditioned on six months' home confinement, 100 hours community service, $5,000 restitution, $1,000 fine (Nov. 18, 1996) Little Joe Hatch, aka Joe Hatch Sr. - Lake Placid, Fla. Offense: Possession with intent to distribute marijuana (Southern District of Florida) Sentence: 60 months' imprisonment, four years' supervised release (May 15, 1990) Martin Alan Hatcher. - Foley, Ala. Offense: Distribution and possession with intent to distribute marijuana (Southern District of Alabama) Sentence: Five years' probation (Nov. 9, 1992) Derek James Laliberte - Auburn, Me. Offense: Money laundering (District of Maine) Sentence: 18 months' imprisonment, 2 years' supervised release (Oct. 2, 1992; amended May 21, 1993) Alfred J. Mack - Mana**as, Va. Offense: Unlawful distribution of h**n (District of Columbia Superior Court) Sentence: 18 to 54 months' imprisonment (Apr. 5, 1982) Robert Andrew Schindler - Goshen, Va. Offense: Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud (District of Utah) Sentence: Three years' probation, four months' home confinement, $10,000 restitution (May 14, 1996) Willie Shaw, Jr. - Myrtle Beach, S.C. Offense: Armed bank robbery (District of South Carolina) Sentence: Fifteen years' imprisonment (Aug. 7, 1974) Kimberly Lynn Stout, formerly known as Kimberly Lynn Cooley - Ba**ett, Va. Offense: Bank embezzlement; false entries in the books of a lending institution (Western District of Virginia) Sentence: One day imprisonment, three years' supervised release (including five months home confinement) (Nov. 9, 1993) Bernard Anthony Sutton, Jr. - Norfolk, Va. Offense: Theft of personal property (Eastern District of Virginia) Sentence: Three years' probation, $825 restitution, $500 fine (Apr. 4, 1989) Chris Deann Switzer - Omaha, Neb. Offense: Conspiracy to violate narcotics laws (methamphetamine) (District of Nebraska) Sentence: Four years' probation, conditioned on six months home confinement, 200 hours' community service (Jun. 25, 1996) Miles Thomas Wilson - Williamsburg, Ohio. Offense: Mail fraud (Southern District of Ohio) Sentence: Three years' probation (Jul. 15, 1981)