Summary
Marcus H. Richards received a commutation of sentence on July 13, 2015, from President Barack Obama. Richards had been convicted under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii) and 18 U.S.C. § 846 of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 50 grams of cocaine base. The commutation reduced his sentence, though the original sentence imposed and the specific reduction granted are not detailed in the available clemency record.
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Commutation · July 13, 2015
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii) & 846
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Northern Florida).
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