Commutation · October 27, 2016

Summary

Tony Orlando Hughes received a commutation of sentence on October 27, 2016, from President Barack Obama for federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses committed in the Eastern District of Virginia. Hughes had been convicted in 2004 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base, distributing cocaine base on 22 counts, distributing cocaine on two counts, possessing a firearm during drug trafficking on eight counts, and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine on three counts. His original sentence of 616 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced through the commutation.