Federal clemency record
Commutation · October 6, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to John Purcell
Summary
On October 6, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of John Purcell, who was convicted in 2007 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of conspiracy to distribute and manufacture methamphetamine and manufacturing methamphetamine with aiding and abetting. Purcell's original sentence of 240 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced through the commutation.
Offense
Conspiracy to distribute and manufacture methamphetamine; manufacturing methamphetamine, aiding and abetting
Eastern District of Pennsylvania · 2007
Original sentence
240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of Pennsylvania