President Obama Grants Commutations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the President granted commutation of sentence to the following 111 individuals:
Malik Abuhamid Ibm Wakil Abdunafi – Baltimore, MD
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine, at least 50 grams of cocaine base (crack), heroin, and marijuana; distribution of cocaine and cocaine base (crack); distribution of heroin; possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, at least five grams of cocaine base (crack), heroin, and marijuana; Middle District of Pennsylvania
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release; $100,000 forfeiture (August 31, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 28, 2016, and obligation and payment of forfeiture remitted.
Quentin C. Adams – St. Louis, MO
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts); distribution of cocaine base; Western District of Missouri
Sentence: Life imprisonment; eight years' supervised release (June 15, 2005)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 262 months' imprisonment.
Sly Stallone Aikens – Hickory Grove, SC
Offense: Knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing the firearm in furtherance of, a drug trafficking crime (two counts); District of South Carolina
Sentence: 360 months' imprisonment; five years' supervised release (April 29, 2005); amended to 235 months' imprisonment (September 28, 2006)
See the rest of those who were pardoned on the White House webpage: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/08/30/president-obama-grants-commutations
Response by the US Dept. of Justice...
Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates Statement on the President’s Recent Clemency Decisions
Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement following President Obama’s clemency announcement today:
"The clemency initiative is about more than the 111 people who learned today that their sentences have been commuted; it's also about the families and communities who will welcome them home as they work to build a new life. With today's announcement, the President has given a second chance to over 300 individuals in the month of August and we expect many more men and women will receive that same opportunity in the months to come. We remain hopeful that Congress will come to a bipartisan and lasting solution for much needed sentencing reforms before the end of the year."
ref. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/deputy-attorney-general-sally-q-yates-statement-president-s-recent-clemency-decisions-1
Editorial Note: All these 111 criminals that Obama cleared, all had two things in common, drugs, and GUNS! Guns, which Obama claims he wants to take away from law abiding citizens, while he pardons a bunch of drug dealers and thugs who uses guns to commit all kinds of violance, against cops. Yet, the Dept. of Justice plays right along with president that all is right in the world under the current administration. No one can tell me that the attorney general is not being bias or Obama's "yes" man.
Former FBI Agent Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Stealing Drug Proceeds and Obstructing Justice
Dept. of Justice press release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-fbi-agent-sentenced-36-months-prison-stealing-drug-proceeds-and-obstructing-justice
A former FBI special agent was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for stealing over $136,000 in drug proceeds seized during the execution of search warrants in 2014, falsifying documents and tampering with a witness.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Angel D. Gunn of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General’s Los Angeles Field Office made the announcement.
Scott M. Bowman, 45, of Moreno Valley, California, pleaded guilty on May 2, 2016, to one count of conversion of property by a federal employee, one count of obstruction of justice, one count of falsification of records and one count of witness tampering. Bowman was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal of the Central District of California, who also ordered Bowman to pay $136,462 in restitution.
According to admissions made in connection with his plea, Bowman misappropriated drug proceeds seized during the execution of three search warrants in June and August 2014 after they were transferred to his custody in his official capacity as a federal law enforcement officer. Bowman admitted that he proceeded to spend the stolen money for his own personal use and enjoyment, including tens of thousands of dollars on vehicles and new equipment, including speakers, rims and tires. Bowman also used $15,000 of the misappropriated cash to pay for cosmetic surgery for his spouse and opened a new checking account into which he deposited $10,665 of the stolen funds, he admitted.
According to the plea agreement, in order to conceal his embezzlement, Bowman falsified official FBI reports and submitted a deposit receipt – with a forged signature – that understated the amount of proceeds he had actually seized at the search site. In October 2014, Bowman sent emails to a local police detective containing a detailed cover story that the detective was instructed to provide in case he was asked about Bowman’s handling of the drug proceeds and a copy of the receipt with the forged signature so that the detective could falsely claim the forged signature as his own, Bowman admitted.
The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General investigated the case. Trial Attorneys Lauren Bell and Robert J. Heberle of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section prosecuted the case.
Editorial note: Do you think Obama will offer clemency for this guy?
