Summary
Ronald Evans received a commutation of sentence on August 3, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Evans had been convicted in federal court of possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B). The commutation reduced his remaining sentence, though the original sentence imposed and other terms of the conviction are not specified in the available record.
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Commutation · August 3, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
1. Possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B);
Original sentence: 270 months imprisonment · 96 months supervised release (1. District of Maine).
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