Federal clemency case file
Pardon of William Bernie Heckle, Jr., aka Billy Heckle
Granted December 19, 2016 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
In-depth case review
William Bernie Heckle, Jr., also known as Billy Heckle, was convicted in the District of South Carolina in 1996 of falsifying medical prescriptions and illegally dispensing controlled substances in Schedule II through Schedule V, as well as dispensing prescription medication without a legitimate written order from a prescribing physician. He received an original sentence of 18 months imprisonment followed by 36 months of supervised release. On December 19, 2016, President Barack Obama granted Heckle a full pardon.
Record anchor: structured clemency grant.
Court detail: charges, district, and sentence fields available.
Connection posture: donations and lobbying records are displayed as records to review, not proof of motive.
Court case
Offense and conviction
Falsifying medical prescriptions and illegally dispensing controlled substances (Schedule II through Schedule V); dispensing prescription medication without a legitimate written order from a prescribing physician
District of South Carolina · 1996
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
18 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release
Sentenced District of South Carolina
Restitution or fine detail has not been extracted yet.
People and petition history
Case relationships
Co-defendants
Co-defendant data has not been extracted yet.
Petitions
Petition detail has not been extracted yet.
Connection records
Donations, lobbying, and disclosed activity
These rows are source-linked records to review. They do not, by themselves, establish why clemency was granted.
FEC donation records
No matched FEC donation rows are currently attached to this recipient.
Lobbying records
No matched lobbying filings are currently attached to this grant or recipient.
Source trail
Documents and citations
Source documents have not been attached to this grant yet.