Summary
Tony Lamont Jones, also known as Tony Rome, was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 846, and distribution of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. On August 30, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted his sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
- Offense — distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (18 U.S.C. § 2)
Original sentence: 360 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (sentenced August 28, 2015, Eastern District of Virginia).
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