Summary
Karen Denise Witherspoon received a commutation of sentence on August 3, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Witherspoon had been convicted under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 851 for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and cocaine base. The commutation was granted as part of Obama's final round of clemency actions.
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 851
Original sentence: 324 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (sentenced November 19, 2015, Western District of North Carolina).
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