Commutation · December 2, 2022

Summary

On December 2, 2022, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Viktor Bout, who was convicted in the Southern District of New York in 2012 of conspiracy to kill United States nationals, conspiracy to kill officers and employees of the United States, conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, and harboring or concealing terrorists. Bout's original sentence of 300 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation. The commutation was announced as part of a prisoner exchange with Russia involving the release of American citizen Brittney Griner.