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List of People Granted Executive Clemency By Barrack Bema

Yeah... NONE of these people EVER committed crimes after being pardoned.

James Bernard Banks United States District Court for the District of Utah 1972 2 years' probation Illegal 
possession of government property

Russell James Dixon United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 1960 2 years' probation 
Liquor law violation

Laurens Dorsey United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1998 5 years' probation; $71,000 
restitution Conspiracy to defraud by making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration

Ronald Lee Foster United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina 1963 Probation; $20 
fine Mutilation of coins

Timothy James Gallagher United States District Court for the District of Arizona 1982 3 years' probation 
Cocaine possession and conspiracy to distribute

Roxane Kay Hettinger United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa 1986 30 days in jail; 3 
years' probation Conspiracy to distribute cocaine

Edgar Leopold Kranz Jr. General court-martial convened at Hickam Air Force Base 1994 24 months' confinement; 
reduction in pay Cocaine use, adultery and bouncing checks

Floretta Leavy United States District Court for the District of Kansas 1994 1 year in prison; 3 years' 
probation Drug offenses

Scoey Lathaniel Morris United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 1991 3 years' 
probation; $1,200 fine Counterfeiting offense.

May 20, 2011

Name Court or home city Sentencing date Sentence Offense

Randy Eugene Dyer United States District Court for the Western District of Washington 1975 5 years in prison 
Conspiracy to import marijuana (hashish), conspiracy to remove baggage from the custody and control of the 
U.S. Customs Service and convey false information concerning an attempt to damage a civil aircraft

Danny Alonzo Levitz United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 1980 2 years of 
probation, $400 fine Conspiracy

Michael Ray Neal United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1991 6 months in prison, 3 
years of supervised release conditioned on 6 months of home confinement, $2,500 fine Manufacture, assembly, 
modification and distribution of equipment for unauthorized decryption of satellite cable programming

Edwin Alan North United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 1980 6 months of 
unsupervised probation Transfer of a firearm without payment of transfer tax

Allen Edward Peratt United States District Court for the District of South Dakota 1990 30 months in prison, 5 
years of supervised release Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

Christine Marie Rossiter United States District Court for the District of Nebraska 1992 3 years of probation 
conditioned on performance of 500 hours of community service Conspiracy to distribute less than 50 kilograms 
of marijuana

Patricia Ann Weinzatl United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin 2001 3 years of 
probation, $5,000 fine Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements

Bobby Gerald Wilson United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 1985 3? months in 
prison, 5 years of probation conditioned on performance of 300 hours of community service, $400 fine Aiding 
and abetting the possession and sale of illegal American alligator hides (Lacey Act)

November 21, 2011

Name Court or home city Sentencing date Sentence Offense

Lesley Claywood Berry Jr. United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 1988 3 years in prison 
Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute marijuana

Bobby Jackson United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama 1987 5 years' probation and 
$20,000 fine Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 pounds of marijuana

Ricky Dale Collett United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky 2002 1 year of probation 
conditioned on 60 days of home detention Aiding and abetting in the manufacture of 61 marijuana plants

Martin Kaprelian United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1984 9 years in prison, 5 
years of probation Conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce, transporting stolen 
property, concealing stolen property

Thomas Paul Ledford United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee 1995 1 year of 
probation conditioned on performance of 100 hours of community service Conducting and directing an illegal 
gambling business

March 1, 2013

Name Court or home city Sentencing date Sentence Offense

Robert Leroy Bebee Rockville, Maryland 1979 Two years' probation Misprision (concealment) of a felony

James Anthony Bordinaro Gloucester, Massachusetts 1991 12 months' imprisonment, three years' supervised 
release and a $55,000 fine Conspiracy to restrain, suppress, and eliminate competition in violation of the 
Sherman Act; conspiracy to submit false statements

Kelli Elisabeth Collins Harrison, Arkansas 1994 Five years' probation Aiding and abetting a wire fraud

Edwin Hardy Futch Jr. Pembroke, Georgia 1976 Five years' probation, $2,399.72 restitution Theft from an 
interstate shipment

Cindy Marie Griffith Moyock, North Carolina 2000 Two years' probation with 100 hours of community service 
Distribution of satellite cable television decryption devices

Roy Eugene Grimes Sr. Athens, Tennessee 1961 18 months' probation Falsely altering a United States postal 
money order, uttering, and publishing a forged and altered money order with intent to defraud

Jon Christopher Kozeliski Decatur, Illinois 1994 One year of probation with six months of home confinement, 
$10,000 fine Conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods

Jimmy Ray Mattison Anderson, South Carolina 1969 Three years' probation Conspiracy to transport and cause the 
transportation of altered securities in interstate commerce; transporting and causing the transportation of 
altered securities in interstate commerce

An Na Peng Honolulu, Hawaii 1996 Two years' probation, $2,000 fine Conspiracy to defraud the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service

Michael John Petri Montrose, South Dakota 1989 Five years' imprisonment, three years' supervised release 
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a controlled substance (cocaine)

Karen Alicia Ragee Decatur, Illinois 1994 One year of probation with six months of home confinement, $2,500 
fine Conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods

Jamari Salleh Alexandria, Virginia 1989 Four years' probation, $5,000 fine, $5,900 restitution False claims 
upon and against the United States

Alfor Sharkey Omaha, Nebraska 1994 Three years' probation with 100 hours of community service, $2,750 
restitution Unauthorized acquisition of food stamps

Donald Barrie Simon Jr. Chattanooga, Tennessee 1982 Two years' imprisonment, three years' probation Aiding 
and abetting in the theft of an interstate shipment

Lynn Marie Stanek Tualatin, Oregon 1986 Six months in jail, five years' probation conditioned on residence in 
a community treatment center for a period not to exceed one year Unlawful use of a communication facility to 
distribute cocaine

Larry Wayne Thornton Forsyth, Georgia 1974 Four years' probation Possession of an unregistered firearm; 
possession of a firearm without a serial number

Donna Kaye Wright Friendship, Tennessee 1983 54 days' imprisonment, three years' probation conditioned on 
performance of six hours of community service per week Embezzlement and misapplication of bank funds

December 19, 2013

Name Court or home city Sentencing date Sentence Offense

William Ricardo Alvarez Marietta, Georgia District of Puerto Rico 1979 Time served after nine months' 
imprisonment, four years' supervised release (April 30, 1997; amended July 31, 1997) Conspiracy to possess 
with intent to distribute heroin; conspiracy to import heroin

Charlie Lee Davis Jr. Wetumpka, Alabama Middle District of Alabama 1995 87 months' imprisonment, five years' 
supervised release (March 21, 1995) Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; use of a minor to 
distribute cocaine base

Ronald Eugene Greenwood Crane, Missouri District of South Dakota 1996 Three years' probation, conditioned on 
six months' home confinement, 100 hours' community service, $5,000 restitution, $1,000 fine (November 18, 
1996) Conspiracy to violate the Clean Water Act

Little Joe Hatch, aka Joe Hatch Sr. Lake Placid, Florida Southern District of Florida 1990 60 months' 
imprisonment, four years' supervised release (May 15, 1990) Possession with intent to distribute marijuana

Martin Alan Hatcher Foley, Alabama, Southern District Of Alabama 1992 5 years' probation Distribution and 
possession with intent to distribute marijuana

Derek James Laliberte District of Maine (October 2, 1992; amended May 21, 1993). 18 months' imprisonment, 2 
years' supervised release Money laundering

Alfred J. Mack District of Columbia Superior Court (April 5, 1982) 18 to 54 months' imprisonment Unlawful 
distribution of heroin

Robert Andrew Schindler District of Utah (May 14, 1996). Three years' probation, four months' home 
confinement, $10,000 restitution Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud

Willie Shaw Jr. District of South Carolina (August 7, 1974) Fifteen years' imprisonment Armed bank robbery

Kimberly Lynn Stout, formerly known as Kimberly Lynn Cooley Western District of Virginia (November 9, 1993) 
One day's imprisonment, three years' supervised release (including five months' home confinement) Bank 
embezzlement, fraud

Bernard Anthony Sutton Jr. Eastern District of Virginia (April 4, 1989) Three years' probation, $825 
restitution, $500 fine Theft of personal property

Chris Deann Switzer District of Nebraska (June 25, 1996) Four years' probation, conditioned on six months' 
home confinement, 200 hours' community service Conspiracy to violate narcotics laws (methamphetamine)

Miles Thomas Wilson Williamsburg, Ohio Southern District of Ohio 1981 Three years' probation (July 15, 1981) 
Mail fraud


January 17, 2017

During his 4th to last day in office, Obama pardoned James Cartwright, who was awaiting sentencing for giving 
false statements to federal investigators, and Willie McCovey was pardoned for tax evasion.

Commutations


November 21, 2011

Name Court Sentenced Sentence Offense Terms of commutation

Eugenia Marie Jennings United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois 2001 262 months (21 
years, 10 months) in prison, 8 years of supervised release, $1,750 fine Distribution of cocaine base Sentence 
expired on December 21, 2011, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all 
its conditions and all other components of the sentence.

Mark Anthony Jones United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida 1999 Life imprisonment; 
10 years' supervised release Distribution of cocaine base Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 10, 
2015, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all 
other components of the sentence.

Rory Larry Lee United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1990 Life imprisonment; 10 
years' supervised release Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (enhanced penalty), 
distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base (two counts) N/A.



December 19, 2013

Name Court Sentenced Sentence Offense Terms of commutation

Clarence Aaron United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama December 10, 1993 Life 
imprisonment; 5 years' supervised release Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine 
base, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, attempt to possess cocaine with intent to distribute 
(erroneously listed in the judgment as conspiracy to distribute cocaine) Sentence of imprisonment to expire 
on April 17, 2014, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its 
conditions and all other components of the sentence

July 13, 2015



On this day, Obama announced he would be commuting the sentences of 46 drug offenders.

June 3, 2016



On this day, Obama announced he would be commuting the sentences of 42 offenders.

Name Court Sentencing date Time served Offense Terms of commutation

Eric E. Alvarez Eastern District of North Carolina 2000 360 months (30 years) in prison, 5 years of 
supervised release Distribution of cocaine and cocaine base Sentence expired on October 1, 2016, leaving 
intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other 
components of the sentence.

Dale Baldwin Middle District of Florida 1995 Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release Conspiracy to 
possess with intent to distribute cocaine base Prison sentence commuted to expire on October 1, 2016, leaving 
intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components 
of the sentence.