Summary
Amos Embress Cyrus was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and of a supervised release violation involving conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine under 21 U.S.C. § 846. On March 30, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Cyrus's sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · March 30, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); supervised release violation (Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S. C. § 846)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))
- Offense — supervised release violation (Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S. C. § 846) (21 U.S. C. § 846))
Original sentence: 300 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (District of South Carolina).
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