Summary
Stanley Knox received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Knox had been convicted in federal district court of continuing criminal enterprise; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; use of a communication facility to facilitate distribution of cocaine base (seven counts); attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (two counts); and distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a high school (two counts), as well as use of a communication facility to facilitate attempted distribution of cocaine base (two counts). The commutation reduced his sentence, though the specific original sentence length and any conditions attached to the commutation are not enumerated in the available record.
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Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Continuing criminal enterprise; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; use of a communication facility to facilitate distribution of cocaine base (seven counts); attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base (two counts); distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a high school (two counts); use of a communication facility to facilitate the attempted distribution of cocaine base (two counts)
Original sentence: 96 months supervised release · $2,000.00 fine (Northern District of Mississippi).
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