Obama has criticized the impacts of severe sentences imposed during the height of the country’s war on drugs. During a speech last year, the president said that the criminal justice system in the United States was “not as fair as it should be,” adding, “Mass incarceration makes our country worse off, and we need to do something about it.”

In a blog post, White House counsel W. Neil Eggleston wrote that the 98 men and women granted clemency Thursday had proven they deserved the chance to rebuild their lives outside prison.

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“While there has been much attention paid to the number of commutations issued by the President, at the core, we must remember that there are personal stories behind these number,” he said. “These are individuals — many of whom made mistakes at a young age — who have diligently worked to rehabilitate themselves while incarcerated. . . . For the 42 individuals originally sentenced to life imprisonment, today’s news will carry special weight when they learn that they will be able to return to their families and communities.

The administration's highly touted clemency initiative had been tangled up by bureaucratic delays after it got underway. Though the pace of commutations he has granted has worried activists — and, as of earlier this month, there were more than 11,000 petitions pending, according to the Justice Department — there has been a flurry of activity on this front recently.

Margie Peerce, a partner at the firm Ballard Spahr who sits on the steering committee of Clemency Project 2014, said in an interview that while some have been frustrated with the rate of the president's commutations, they need to take into account that “you had an initiative that had to start from scratch,” where 4,000 lawyers had to be trained to handle the petitions filed by roughly 37,000 inmates. There was a delay in getting the pre-sentencing report for the inmates, which were required as part of their application, and each case had to be assessed individually.

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“I’m frankly amazed at how much has gone through,” Peerce said. “If you’d had this infrastructure already in place, it would have gone much faster.”

Peerce's firm represented three inmates who received clemency Thursday, including Brett Poore, who was sentenced to 262 months in prison and five years supervised release in connection with methamphetamine charges. Poore earned his GED in prison, Peerce noted, and took maintenance classes and other courses while incarcerated.

“What is consistent throughout, and one of the things that has amazed me throughout this process, is that even people who are serving life sentences have tried to better themselves while in prison,” she said.

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Some activists are pushing for the president to grant clemency to all nonviolent offenders who have served more than 10 years in federal prison. Jessica Jackson Sloan, national director and co-founder of the group #cut50, said in an interview that Obama's criticism of the nation's harsh mandatory drug sentences has given all nonviolent offenders reason to believe that they could be freed by the end of his term.

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“Now you’ve raised their hopes, and we hope the president grants their hopes,” she said, adding that her group is launching a public campaign to highlight 40 families that help embody why these sentences are unfair. “We’re definitely making the case, but we’re also making space” for him to do it.

Here is the full list of people who had their sentences commuted Tuesday (via the White House):

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David Alan Aldridge — Odessa, Tex.

Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine; possession of equipment, chemicals, products and materials to manufacture methamphetamine; possession of a detectable amount of methamphetamine; purchasing more than nine (9) grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine during a 30 day period (six counts); Western District of Texas

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $35,000 fine (Aug. 13, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months imprisonment, and unpaid balance of the $35,000 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Marvin D. Anthony, Sr. — Camden, Ark.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base; Western District of Missouri

Sentence: Life imprisonment; six years supervised release (Nov. 19, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months imprisonment.

Darnell C. Billings — Dolton, Ill.

Offense: Distribution of 50 or more grams of cocaine base; Central District of Illinois

Sentence: Life imprisonment (May 25, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months imprisonment.

Kevin Bivins — Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base; use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking offense (eight counts); Western District of New York

Sentence: 168 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Jan. 11, 2002); amended to 240 months imprisonment (on remand) (July 18, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

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Edward Lionel Blake — Houston

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, aiding and abetting; Southern District of Texas

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; five years supervised release; $1,000 fine (Nov. 24, 1998)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.

Wallace Bourgeois Jr. — LaPlace, La.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack"); Eastern District of Louisiana; wire fraud; Eastern District of Louisiana

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (January 7, 2010); 12 months imprisonment (concurrent); three years supervised release (concurrent) (April 28, 2010)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

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Damon Brightman — Goose Creek, S.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; District of South Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (March 22, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months’ imprisonment.

Shane Derek Brown — Key West, Fla.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine; Southern District of Florida

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Jan. 28, 2002)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

James Holman Browning Jr. — Mebane, N.C.

Offense: Conspiracy: Distributed cocaine base (“crack"); distributed crack (two counts); Middle District of North Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Dec. 19, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Mark Lamont Byrd — St. Louis

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute in excess of five grams of cocaine base; possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base; Eastern District of Missouri

Sentence: 180 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (May 19, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

David Carroll — Arlington, Va.

Offense: Distribution of crack cocaine (seven counts); distribution of cocaine (two counts); possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; Eastern District of Virginia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (June 9, 1995)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Derrick Dante Clark — Cocoa, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base; Middle District of Florida

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (June 25, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Kevin Wayne Daniels — Austin

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; felon in possession of a firearm; Western District of Texas

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Jan. 23, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to 175 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

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Israel John Patrick Davis — Oklahoma City

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a controlled substance; District of North Dakota

Sentence: 204 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Jan. 22, 2009); amended to 163 months imprisonment (Jan. 25, 2016)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2017.

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Anthony D. Dorsey — Kansas City, Mo.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base in an amount of 50 grams or more; Western District of Missouri

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Aug. 23, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Juan Antonio Duenas — San Antonio

Offense: Possess with intent to distribute, more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; Southern District of Texas

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Sept. 24, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Charlton Oriaso Esekhigbe — Missouri City, Tex.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; felon in possession of a firearm; Southern District of Texas

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Feb. 17, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

John Aundo Gamble — Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine; felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; using, carrying and possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; District of South Carolina

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Aug. 31, 2004)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Miguel Garcia — Perley, Minn.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances; possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance; District of North Dakota

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Sept. 28, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment.

Ignatizo Giuliano — Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Offense: Knowingly conspiring with other persons to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; Middle District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Nov. 4, 1991)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

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Stephen Runea Glenn — Houston

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, aiding and abetting; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; Southern District of Texas

Sentence: 180 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (May 14, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

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Arandal Derrick Goodley — Midland, Tex.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base “crack”; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base “crack”; laundering of monetary instruments (15 counts); aiding and abetting laundering of monetary instruments (four counts); Western District of Texas

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Oct. 22, 1998)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Stephen Joseph Graham — Cumming, Ga.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; Northern District of Georgia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Sept. 17, 2002)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment.

Wayne Gross — St. Louis

Offense: Unlawful user of controlled substances while in possession of firearms; possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; Eastern District of Missouri

Sentence: 248 months imprisonment; four years supervised release (April 2, 2004)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Robert Sedillo Gutierrez — Roswell, N.M.

Offense: 1. Possession with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers; District of New Mexico

Supervised release violation (attempt to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine); District of New Mexico

Sentence: 1. 360 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Aug. 7,

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18 months imprisonment; two years supervised release (concurrent) Aug. 7, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months imprisonment.

Ishon D. Hardin — Knoxville, Tenn.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a substance containing cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; Eastern District of Tennessee

Sentence: 292 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Sept. 24, 2001); amended to 240 months imprisonment (Aug. 16, 2010)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Robert A. Hearn — Springfield, Ill.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five or more grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base (crack); Central District of Illinois

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release (March 16, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

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Jamar Henry — Springfield, Ill.

Offense: Possession of five or more grams of cocaine base “crack” with the intent to distribute; Central District of Illinois

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release (Sept. 2, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

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Ferlandis Urben Herod — Memphis

Offense: 1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; 2. Supervised release violation (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine); 1. Middle District of Tennessee; 2. Western District of Tennessee

Sentence: 1. Life imprisonment; 2. 24 months imprisonment (consecutive); 10 years supervised release (1. July 14, 2005; 2. Dec. 19, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 264 months imprisonment.

Olynthia Louise Hinton — Chester, S.C.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; District of South Carolina

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Feb. 15, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.

James Holmes — Nashville

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; maintaining a place for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; Northern District of Alabama

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Feb. 16, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Antonio Hood — Lancaster, S.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; District of South Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Feb. 2, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment.

William D. Hoopingarner — Marshall, Ill.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine (mixture); Southern District of Indiana

Sentence: 168 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (April 25, 2008); amended to 135 months imprisonment (Jan. 12, 2016)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Donnie Keith Howell — Goldsboro, N.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base; Eastern District of North Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years supervised release (March 13, 1995)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Andre M. Huggins — Bear, Del.

Offense: Distribution of cocaine (two counts); conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine; maintaining a dwelling to distribute cocaine; money laundering (two counts); District of Delaware

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Aug. 21, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Tony Orlando Hughes — Newport News, Va.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base; distribute cocaine base (22 counts); distribute cocaine (two counts); possession of firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime (eight counts); possess with intent to distribute cocaine (three counts); Eastern District of Virginia

Sentence: 2,616 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Nov. 29, 2004)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment.

Virgilio Jimenez — Manhattan, N.Y.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; District of Rhode Island

Sentence: 292 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release (March 23, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Alphonso Johnson — Orlando

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Middle District of Florida

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (July 2, 1999)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.

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Gerald Jerome Johnson — Jamestown, N.D.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; District of North Dakota

Sentence: Life plus 25 years imprisonment (Oct. 10, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months imprisonment.

Tony O’Neal Johnson — Mexia, Tex.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute at least five grams of cocaine base (three counts); Western District of Texas

Sentence: 292 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release, $3,000 fine (June 22, 2005); amended to 210 months imprisonment (May 16, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, and unpaid balance of $3,000 fine remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Charles Jermaine Keitt — Orangeburg, S.C.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base and a quantity of cocaine, and a quantity of marijuana; District of South Carolina

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release (Sept. 23, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 151 months imprisonment.

Jaleel Abdul Lafi, III — Hopkins Park, Ill.

Offense: Distribution of five or more grams of cocaine base (“crack") (three counts); distribution of 50 or more grams of cocaine base (“crack"); possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking crime; Central District of Illinois

Sentence: 180 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Feb. 17, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Bobby Earl Lee — St. Petersburg, Fla.

Offense: Possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base; possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime; Middle District of Florida

Sentence: Life plus 60 months imprisonment (Sept. 16, 1994)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Edward Monroe Little — Maiden, N.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine and cocaine base; possessing with intent to distribute, a quantity of cocaine base, and aiding and abetting; Western District of North Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Jan. 10, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

John Lockett — Houston

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine (two counts); Southern District of Texas

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $5,000 fine (Sept. 26, 1997)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017 and unpaid balance of the $5,000 fine remitted.

Alberto Lopez — Gardner, Mass.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess heroin and cocaine base with intent to distribute; possession of heroin with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin; possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute and distribution, aiding and abetting (three counts); District of Massachusetts

Sentence: Life imprisonment; six years supervised release (June 4, 1996)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Rico Mayo — Benicia, Calif.

Offense: Possession of five or more grams of cocaine base; use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Eastern District of California

Sentence: 420 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Feb. 9, 1998)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

James A. McKines — Las Vegas

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP); possession with intent to distribute PCP; interstate travel in aid of racketeering; Western District of Missouri

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $40,000 fine (Nov. 2, 1989)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Otis McRay — Satsuma, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; distribution of 5 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts); Middle District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; eight years supervised release (Nov. 26, 2001)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Terrance Ramon Merritt — Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base; 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, a detectable amount of MDMA and a detectable amount of marijuana; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; Northern District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (March 15, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Thomas Lee Miller — Emmons, Minn.

Offense: Manufacturing or attempt to manufacture five grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location after having a prior felony drug conviction; Northern District of Iowa

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; 16 years supervised release (Dec. 18, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Jose Flores Molina — Nampa, Idaho

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute heroin; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; District of Idaho

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release, $3,000 fine (Jan. 30, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Ernest Moore, Jr. — Tuskegee, Ala.

Offense: Distribution of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts); carrying a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense; Middle District of Alabama

Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Feb. 17, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Michael Howard Motes — Wilmington, N.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and amphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and amphetamine; Northern District of Georgia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $10,000 fine (June 30, 1999)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment and unpaid balance of the $10,000 fine remitted.

Randall C. Moyer — Salt Lake City

Offense: Attempted manufacture of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine; District of Utah

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; five years supervised release; $2,729.97 restitution (July 25, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, and unpaid balance of $2,729.97 restitution obligation remitted, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Francisco Navarro — San Diego

Offense: Importation of heroin; possession of heroin with intent to distribute; Southern District of California

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Aug. 11, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 168 months’ imprisonment.

David Neighbors — Evansville, Ind.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and less than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride; distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base; Southern District of Indiana

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Dec. 17, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment.

Larry Anthony Nesby — Cairo, Ill.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts); Southern District of Illinois

Sentence: Life imprisonment; $400 fine (Oct. 3, 2002)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment.

Rasheed Jamal Olds — Kansas City, Kan.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine; conspiracy to launder money; District of Kansas

Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years supervised release (May 7, 1997); amended to 360 months imprisonment (Oct. 18, 2011)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Robert O’Neal — Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine (two counts); Southern District of Florida

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Jan. 24, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Antonio D. Patrick — Halls, Tenn.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine; Western District of Tennessee

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Oct. 11, 2002)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Harold Eugene Patton — Morganton, N.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; Western District of North Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Nov. 19, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 235 months imprisonment.

George Pearson Jr. — Clearwater, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Middle District of Florida

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (July 2, 2004)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Anthony Pender — Laurel, Md.

Offense: Possession of a firearm by convicted felon; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; District of Maryland

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Dec. 4, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Bobby Clarence Perry — Commerce, Ga.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana; Northern District of Georgia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $5,000 fine (Sept. 13, 1999)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Reisa Lynn Pettiette — Athens, Tex.

Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine; conspiracy to possess a listed chemical knowing it will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; possession of a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; possession and distribution of a listed chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; possession of an unregistered firearm; use, carrying, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; Eastern District of Texas

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Oct. 16, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.

Brett Rolland Poore — Austin

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, aiding and abetting; Western District of Texas

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Sept. 23, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Lesean Roberts — Euclid, Ohio

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride; Northern District of Ohio

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (May 22, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment.

Darrell E. Robinson — Sacramento, Calif.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of cocaine base; Eastern District of California

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Aug. 4, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Charles McKinley Russell, Jr. — Brentwood, Md.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; District of Maryland

Sentence: 292 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $1 fine (May 18, 1999)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Ronnie Dean Shelton — Floyd, Va.

Offense: Possession of more than five grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute; Western District of Virginia

Sentence: 188 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Nov. 19, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Alicia Siller — Coleman, Tex.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams or methamphetamine and aiding and abetting; use of a person under 18 years of age in drug operations and aiding and abetting; Northern District of Texas

Sentence: 262 months imprisonment; six years supervised release (Oct. 24, 2003)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Leon Smallwood — Alton, Ill.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (three counts); felon in possession of a firearm; Southern District of Illinois

Sentence: Life imprisonment; eight years supervised release; $2,500 fine (Oct. 2, 1998)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Michael Anthony Smith — Charlottesville, Va.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Western District of Virginia

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; five years supervised release; $500 fine (Oct. 23, 1997)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 26, 2016.

Oscar A. Smith Jr. — North Charleston, S.C.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack"); District of South Carolina

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (July 18, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Terrence Tyron Smith — Richmond, Ky.

Offense: Distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine); possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine); Eastern District of Kentucky

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; eight years supervised release (March 7, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 172 months’ imprisonment.

Tyrone Lamont Smith — New York, N.Y.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; Western District of Virginia

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (June 12, 1995)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on February 24, 2017.

Mervin Spencer — Hahnville, La.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (two counts); Eastern District of Louisiana

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Sept. 13, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months imprisonment.

Gary Don Starnes — Warsaw, Mo.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; Eastern District of Missouri

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Jan. 6, 2010)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Damian Roman Steplight — Dale City, Va.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine; Eastern District of Virginia

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Jan. 25, 2002)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment.

Brandon Terrell Stevenson — Gainesville, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of a mixture and substance containing cocaine and more than 50 grams of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base; Northern District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Oct. 30, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Edwin Reginald Straughter — Hobe Sound, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; Southern District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Feb. 20, 1996)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 360 months imprisonment.

Carlos Stuckey — Apopka, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base; Northern District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Feb. 10, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Michael Dewayne Tensley — Marianna, Fla.

Offense: Distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base; Northern District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Sept. 27, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Jeffery James Terrell — Jasper, Ala.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base; Northern District of Alabama

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (March 15, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Feb. 24, 2017.

Lenthius D. Thomas — Ocala, Fla.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base; Middle District of Florida

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (June 24, 1998)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Stanley D. Thomasson — Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Offense: Used/carried firearms during drug trafficking crime (two counts); possession of Schedule II narcotic controlled substance (three counts); Eastern District of Missouri

Sentence: 421 months imprisonment; four years supervised release (April 5, 1994); amended to 397 months imprisonment (June 9, 2015)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Danny Demar Turner — Madison, Wis.

Offense: Distribution of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base (crack cocaine) (three counts); Western District of Wisconsin

Sentence: 210 months imprisonment; three years supervised release (Aug. 12, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Hayzen Turner, Jr. — Adamsville, Ala.

Offense: Distribution of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (three counts); distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, cocaine hydrochloride and marijuana; carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense; felon in possession of a firearm (three counts); Northern District of Alabama

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Dec. 18, 2007)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 180 months imprisonment.

Mark Walker — Jasper, Mo.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine; Western District of Missouri

Sentence: 235 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (Aug. 15, 2005)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Kevin Washington — Owensboro, Ky.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and 500 grams or more of cocaine; aiding and abetting knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (three counts); Western District of Kentucky

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (June 18, 2004)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 1, 2017.

Kevin Washington — Oxford, N.C.

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack); Eastern District of North Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Oct. 11, 2006)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Robert Wettstain — Beaver Dam, Ky.

Offense: Conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; aiding and abetting knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts); Western District of Kentucky

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (May 15, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Daryl Wilkes — Virginia Beach, Va.

Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine base and cocaine; knowingly and intentionally distribute cocaine base (20 counts); knowingly possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts); knowingly and intentionally distribute cocaine (eight counts); knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute cocaine (two counts); Eastern District of Virginia

Sentence: 952 months imprisonment; five years supervised release (June 16, 2004); amended to 780 months imprisonment (Oct. 4, 2006); amended to 480 months imprisonment (May 2, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 300 months imprisonment.

Anthony K. Williams — Indianapolis

Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (mixture); possession of cocaine; Southern District of Indiana

Sentence: 240 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release; $500 fine (April 4, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Oct. 27, 2018, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Donald Jamal Wilson — Huntington, W.Va.

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base and quantities of cocaine and heroin; intentionally make available for use, with or without compensation, an apartment for the purpose of storing cocaine base and heroin (two counts); Southern District of West Virginia

Sentence: Life imprisonment (March 24, 2008)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 188 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

Bradley Lee Winters — Mason City, Iowa

Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine; Southern District of Iowa

Sentence: 360 months imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (March 18, 2009)

Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 240 months imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment.

William Abel Yates — Durham, N.C.

Offense: Possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); Middle District of North Carolina

Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release (Aug. 24, 1998)