Commutation · January 19, 2017

Summary

On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama granted a commutation to Thomas Johnson, who was convicted in 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, and possession with intent to distribute a detectable amount of cocaine powder. Johnson's original sentence of 360 months imprisonment and 96 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.