Commutation · November 4, 2016

Summary

James Edward Burns received a commutation of sentence on November 4, 2016, from President Barack Obama for conviction in the Middle District of Georgia in 2005 of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B)(iii). Burns's original sentence of 235 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.