Federal clemency record
Richard Allen Jackson
Summary
Richard Allen Jackson received a commutation of his sentence on December 23, 2024, from President Joe Biden for first-degree murder of Karen Styles committed with a firearm used and carried during and in relation to crimes of violence including kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, and murder, offenses falling within the special territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
Clemency record · 1 grant
Commutation · December 23, 2024
Granted by Joe Biden (Democratic)
First degree murder of Karen Styles with firearm used and carried during and in relation to crime of violence (kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, and murder) for which defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, within special territorial jurisdiction of the United States
Original sentence: (sentenced May 14, 2001, Western District of North Carolina).