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Ray Bennett

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Summary

Ray Bennett was convicted in federal district court of knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and knowingly possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted Bennett's sentence.

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Clemency record

Commutation · December 18, 2015

Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”), 21 U.S.C. § 846; knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2

Counts of conviction

  • Offense Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”), 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
  • Offense knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2)

Original sentence: 120 months supervised release (Middle Florida).

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