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Commutations Granted by President Bush

COMMUTATIONS GRANTED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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May 20, 2004
  Bobby Mac Berry
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to manufacture marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A)(i)
District/Date: Middle District North Carolina; September 17, 1997
Sentence: 108 months’ imprisonment, five years’ supervised release
Terms of Grant: Sentence of imprisonment to expire May 27, 2004, leaving intact and in effect the term of supervised release
   
  Geraldine Gordon
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute phencyclidine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of phencyclidine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
District/Date: District of Nevada; September 22, 1989
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment, 10 years’ supervised release
Terms of Grant: Sentence of imprisonment to expire September 20, 2004, leaving intact and in effect the term of supervised release
   
 
December 21, 2006
  Phillip Anthony Emmert
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846
District/Date:

Southern District of Iowa; December 23, 1992

Sentence:

262 months’ imprisonment (as reduced on February 21, 1996); five years’ supervised release
Terms of Grant: Sentence of imprisonment to expire January 20, 2007, leaving intact and in effect the term of supervised release.
   
 
July 2, 2007
  Lewis Libby
Offense: Obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503; false statements, 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2); perjury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623
District/Date: District of Columbia; June 5, 2007
Sentence: 30 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $250,000 fine
Terms of Grant: Sentence of imprisonment to expire immediately, leaving intact and in effect the term of supervised release and all other components of the sentence.
   
 
December 10, 2007
  Michael Dwayne Short
Offense: Aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), 18 U.S.C. 18 U.S.C. § 2
District/Date: District of Maryland; November 13, 1992
Sentence: 235 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release
Terms of Grant: Sentence of imprisonment to expire on February 8, 2008, leaving intact and in effect the term of supervised release.
   
 
March 24, 2008
  Patricia Beckford
Offense: Conspiracy and attempt to distribute in excess of 50 grams of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), 853, 855; unauthorized use of food coupons, 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b).
District/Date: Eastern District Virginia; April 27, 1992
Sentence: 276 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release; $10,000 fine
Terms of Grant: Sentence of imprisonment to expire on July 24, 2008; term of supervised release left intact and in effect with all its conditions


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