Federal clemency record
Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Calvin Lavan Clark
Summary
On December 19, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Calvin Lavan Clark, who was convicted in 2008 in the Eastern District of North Carolina of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine, as well as possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Clark's original sentence of 354 months imprisonment with 60 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and a quantity of cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Eastern District of North Carolina · 2008
Original sentence
354 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of North Carolina