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John Thomas Watters

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Summary

John Thomas Watters was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substance (two counts) under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(vii), and 851, maintaining a drug-involved premises under 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2), and felon in possession of firearms under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted Watters's sentence.

Grant timeline

Clemency record

Commutation · December 18, 2015

Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substance (two counts), 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(vii), & 851; maintaining drug involved premises, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2); felon in possession of firearms, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2)

Counts of conviction

  • Offense maintaining drug involved premises, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2) (21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(2))

Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Northern Oklahoma).

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