Summary
Roy Lee Debose received a commutation of sentence on March 30, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Debose had been convicted under federal drug trafficking statutes: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1)(B)(ii) & 846, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1)(A)(iii) & 846. The commutation reduced his sentence, though the original sentence length and any other original sentence terms are not specified in the available record.
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1)(B)(ii) & 846; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1)(A)(iii) & 846
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Western District of Louisiana).
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