Federal clemency record
Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Lawrence Maurice Powe
Summary
Lawrence Maurice Powe received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama, reducing his 480-month term imposed in 1992 in the Southern District of Alabama for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and two counts of use of a firearm in drug trafficking. The commutation left his 60-month term of supervised release intact.
Offense
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute schedule II (cocaine) controlled substance; Possess with intent to distribute schedule II (cocaine) controlled substance; use of firearm in a drug trafficking felony (two counts)
Southern District of Alabama · 1992
Original sentence
480 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release · $100,000.00 fine
Sentenced Southern District of Alabama