Federal clemency record
Commutation · October 6, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Nicholas Jolise Deering
Summary
On October 6, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Nicholas Jolise Deering, who was convicted in 2010 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa of possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base. Deering's original sentence of 223 months imprisonment and 120 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base
Southern District of Iowa · 2010
Original sentence
223 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Southern District of Iowa