Federal clemency record
Commutation · August 3, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Josephine Ledezma
Summary
Josephine Ledezma received a commutation of sentence on August 3, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Ledezma had been convicted in the Western District of Tennessee in 1992 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and of possession with intent to distribute cocaine as an aider and abettor in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Offense
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 846; being aided and abetted by others, did unlawfully, knowingly, and intentionally possess and cause to be possessed, with intent to distribute, a Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Western District of Tennessee · 1992
- Offense — Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
- Offense — being aided and abetted by others, did unlawfully, knowingly, and intentionally possess and cause to be possessed, with intent to distribute, a Schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2)