Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Thomas Earl Burton
Summary
Thomas Earl Burton received a commutation of his sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Burton had been convicted in 2007 in the Western District of Louisiana of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of firearms during a drug trafficking crime, and was serving a 300-month sentence with 120 months of supervised release.
Offense
Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; possession of firearms during a drug trafficking crime
Western District of Louisiana · 2007
Original sentence
300 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Western District of Louisiana