Commutation · October 6, 2016

Summary

On October 6, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Cornelius D. Porter, who had been convicted in the District of Maryland in 2002 of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base. Porter's original sentence of 360 months imprisonment and 96 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.