Federal clemency record
Commutation · December 23, 2024
Granted by Joe Biden (Democratic) to Richard Allen Jackson
Summary
Richard Allen Jackson received a commutation of sentence on December 23, 2024, from President Joe Biden. Jackson had been convicted in 2001 in the Western District of North Carolina of first degree murder of Karen Styles, committed with a firearm used and carried during and in relation to crimes of violence including kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, and murder under federal special territorial jurisdiction.
Offense
First degree murder of Karen Styles with firearm used and carried during and in relation to crime of violence (kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, and murder) for which defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, within special territorial jurisdiction of the United States
Western District of North Carolina · 2001
Original sentence
Sentenced May 14, 2001 · Western District of North Carolina