Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Shondu Maurice Dawson
Summary
On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Shondu Maurice Dawson, who was convicted in 2005 in the Eastern District of North Carolina of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine and more than 500 grams of cocaine, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to drug trafficking. Dawson's original sentence of 241 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and more than 500 grams of cocaine; carried a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possess said firearm in furtherance
Eastern District of North Carolina · 2005
Original sentence
241 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of North Carolina