Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Benjamin C. Thompkins, Jr.
Summary
Benjamin C. Thompkins, Jr. received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Thompkins had been convicted in 2009 in the Eastern District of Virginia of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and manufacture and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and was serving a 300-month sentence with 120 months of supervised release. The commutation reduced his sentence from 300 months to time served.
Offense
Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon; manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marij
Eastern District of Virginia · 2009
Original sentence
300 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of Virginia