Federal clemency record
Commutation · October 6, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Jose Ramon Rivas
Summary
Jose Ramon Rivas received a commutation of sentence on October 6, 2016, from President Barack Obama for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, a conviction entered in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2005. Rivas's original sentence of 240 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced by this commutation action.
Offense
Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base ("crack")
Eastern District of Pennsylvania · 2005
Original sentence
240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of Pennsylvania