Summary
Cynthia Valdez Shank was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than five kilograms of powder cocaine, 50 grams of cocaine base, and/or 1,000 kilograms of marijuana; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine) and 40 pounds of marijuana. On November 22, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted her sentence.
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Commutation · November 22, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than five kilograms of powder cocaine, 50 grams of cocaine base, and/or 1,000 kilograms of marijuana; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine); possession with intent to distribute 40 pounds of marijuana
Original sentence: 180 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release · $10,000.00 fine (Western District of Michigan).
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