Summary
Ernest Mordeau Deas received a commutation of sentence on October 6, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Deas had been convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The commutation reduced his sentence, though the specific original sentence length and the duration of the commuted sentence are not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · October 6, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 96 months supervised release (District of South Carolina).
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