Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Dorian Lee Benoit
Summary
On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Dorian Lee Benoit, who was convicted in the Western District of Louisiana in 2008 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine base, and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, marijuana, and methamphetamine; possession and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Benoit's original sentence of 300 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine base and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession of firearm by convicted felon
Western District of Louisiana · 2008
Original sentence
300 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Western District of Louisiana