Summary
Sharon King received a commutation on January 19, 2021, from President Donald Trump. King had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and a quantity of marijuana; distribution and possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine; distribution and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana; and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The commutation reduced King's sentence of imprisonment.
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Commutation · January 19, 2021
Granted by Donald Trump (Republican)
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and a quantity of marijuana; distribution and possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine; distribution and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana; using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 180 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (sentenced December 9, 2008, Southern District of New York).
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