Summary
Shondu Maurice Dawson was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and more than 500 grams of cocaine, and of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possessing said firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted Dawson's sentence.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and more than 500 grams of cocaine; carried a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possess said firearm in furtherance
Original sentence: 241 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (Eastern District of North Carolina).
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