Summary
Telisha Rachette Watkins received a commutation of sentence on July 13, 2015, from President Barack Obama. Watkins had been convicted under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846, and 851 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. The commutation act reduced her federal sentence, though the specific original sentence duration and any conditions attached to the commutation are not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · July 13, 2015
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846 & 851
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 96 months supervised release (Western North Carolina).
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