Commutation · November 4, 2016

Summary

Michael Jerome Felder received a commutation of sentence on November 4, 2016, from President Barack Obama for federal drug offenses committed in the District of South Carolina. Felder had been convicted in 2008 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and cocaine (21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, & 851), possession with intent to distribute and distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), & 851), and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine (21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), & 851). His original sentence of 240 months imprisonment and 120 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.