Federal clemency record

Commutation · July 13, 2015

Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Robert Joe Young

Summary

Robert Joe Young received a commutation of his sentence on July 13, 2015, from President Barack Obama. Young was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 2002 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, two counts of using and carrying a firearm during drug trafficking offenses, and endeavoring to influence and impede the administration of justice, resulting in an original sentence of 240 months imprisonment followed by 60 months supervised release.

Offense

Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A)(viii); possession with the intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A)(viii); use of a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); possession with the intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(viii); carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and endeavoring to influence and impede the administration of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503(a)

Northern Alabama · 2002

Offense — use of a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i))
Offense — carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i))
Offense — and endeavoring to influence and impede the administration of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503(a) (18 U.S.C. § 1503(a))

Original sentence

240 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release

Sentenced Northern Alabama