Summary
Matthew Arrington Turner received a commutation of sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Turner had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The commutation reduced his term of imprisonment, though the specific original sentence duration and remaining term commuted are not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 60 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Central District of Illinois).
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