Summary
Shannon Alexander Washington was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and carrying a firearm and ammunition during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. On October 6, 2016, President Barack Obama (Democratic Party) granted Washington a commutation of sentence. The commutation addressed the federal drug and firearms-related convictions but did not specify the original sentence terms or conditions of the commutation in the available record.
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Clemency record
Commutation · October 6, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; carrying firearm and ammunition during and in relation to drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 60 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (sentenced September 28, 2007, Eastern District of Kentucky).
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