Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Billy Ray Fairley, Sr.
Summary
Billy Ray Fairley, Sr. received a commutation of sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama for distribution of cocaine base, for which he was convicted in 2002 in the Middle District of North Carolina. His original sentence of 288 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Distributed cocaine base (crack)
Middle District of North Carolina · 2002
Original sentence
288 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Middle District of North Carolina