Summary
James Holmes was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, and maintaining a place for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base. On October 27, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Holmes's sentence.
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Commutation · October 27, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; maintaining a place for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Northern District of Alabama).
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