Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Connie Lee Lyons
Summary
Connie Lee Lyons received a commutation of sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama, reducing a 420-month prison sentence imposed by the U.S. Army Court Martial in 2013. Lyons had been convicted on fourteen counts including wrongful publication of U.S. intelligence to the internet, theft of government records, willful communication of national defense information through both authorized and unauthorized access to government computers, and violations of military orders, with sentences spanning multiple specifications across these categories.
Offense
One specification of wrongful and wanton publication to the internet intelligence belonging to the United States; five specifications of stealing, purloining or knowingly converting U.S. government records; six specifications of willful communication of information relating to the national defense; one specification of willful communication of information in unlawful possession; one specification of willful communication of information relating to the national defense by exceeding authorized access to a U.S. government computer; one specification of willful communication of information relating to the national defense obtained by accessing a U.S. government computer; five specifications of failure to obey order or regulation
U.S. Army Court Martial · 2013
Original sentence
420 months imprisonment
Sentenced U.S. Army Court Martial