Summary
Dennis Ragland received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Ragland had been convicted in federal court of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of controlled substances, distribution and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, use and carrying of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm. The commutation reduced his sentence, though the specific original sentence length and any conditions attached to the commutation are not specified in the available record.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of controlled substances; distribution and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances; use and carrying of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime; felon in possession of a firearm
Original sentence: 330 months imprisonment · 36 months supervised release (Northern District of Alabama).
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