Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Terrance Wellons
Summary
On January 17, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Terrance Wellons, who was convicted in the Southern District of Florida in 1999 of two counts of distribution of cocaine base, three counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and two counts of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Wellons had been sentenced to 420 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release. The commutation reduced his sentence of imprisonment.
Offense
Distribution of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (three counts); felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 924 (A)(2); carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime (two counts)
Southern District of Florida · 1999
Original sentence
420 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Southern District of Florida