Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Eric Wilson
Summary
Eric Wilson received a commutation of his sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Wilson was convicted in the Northern District of Illinois in 1997 of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, recruiting employees under the age of 18, distributing controlled substances on 12 counts, using a telephone to further drug trafficking on 17 counts, laundering monetary instruments, and possessing and using a firearm in commission of a drug trafficking crime. His original sentence included 60 months of supervised release.
Offense
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise; recruitment of employees under the age of 18; distribution of a controlled substance (12 counts); use of a communication facility, namely a telephone, in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (17 counts); laundering of monetary instruments; possession and use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime
Northern District of Illinois · 1997
Original sentence
60 months supervised release
Sentenced Northern District of Illinois