Federal clemency record
Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Steven P. James
Summary
Steven P. James received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama for federal drug offenses in the Eastern District of Missouri. James had been convicted in 2008 of knowingly and intentionally distributing a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (crack cocaine) and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, with an original sentence of 262 months imprisonment and 72 months supervised release.
Offense
Knowingly and intentionally distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (crack); Knowingly and intentionally combine, conspire, confederate, and agree to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (crack)
Eastern District of Missouri · 2008
Original sentence
262 months imprisonment · 72 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of Missouri