Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Emmett Alvin Monson
Summary
Emmett Alvin Monson received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Monson was convicted in the Middle District of North Carolina in 1993 of possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and heroin across multiple counts, and had been serving a 360-month sentence with 96 months of supervised release. The commutation reduced his term of imprisonment.
Offense
Possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and heroin; possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride (two counts); possess with intent to distribute heroin (four counts)
Middle District of North Carolina · 1993
Original sentence
360 months imprisonment · 96 months supervised release
Sentenced Middle District of North Carolina