Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to James Zell Bishop
Summary
On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of James Zell Bishop, who was convicted in the Southern District of Alabama in 2008 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Bishop's original sentence of 240 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine
Southern District of Alabama · 2008
Original sentence
240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release
Sentenced Southern District of Alabama