Commutation · January 19, 2025

Summary

Shawndale Saunders received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2025, from President Joe Biden. Saunders had been convicted in 2017 in the Northern District of West Virginia of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base and supervised release violation, and was originally sentenced to 168 months imprisonment followed by 120 months supervised release. The commutation reduced the length of the imprisonment term.