Summary
Shermaine Donnell Whitley was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base ("crack") in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, and 851. On March 30, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Whitley's sentence.
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Commutation · March 30, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base ("crack"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, & 851
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (District of South Carolina).
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