Federal clemency record
Commutation · October 6, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to James Harold Smith
Summary
On October 6, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of James Harold Smith, who was convicted in 2006 in the Western District of Virginia of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking (two counts). Smith's original sentence of 411 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release was reduced through the commutation.
Offense
Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts)
Western District of Virginia · 2006
Original sentence
411 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Western District of Virginia