Clemency Recipient List
Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is using his authority under the Constitution to uphold the values of redemption and rehabilitation by commuting the sentences of 11 fellow Americans who are serving unduly long sentences for non-violent drug offenses.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is commuting the sentences of the following 11 individuals:
Felipe Arriaga – Sunnyside, Washington
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine (District of Montana).
Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment, 10-year term of supervised release (December 17, 2009).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on April 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Earlie Deacon Barber – Dothan, Alabama
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and 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-year term of supervised release (September 9, 2009).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on April 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
James Michael Barber – Gastonia, North Carolina
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base (Western District of North Carolina).
Sentence: 15 years and eight months of imprisonment, five-year term of supervised release (February 13, 2015).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on February 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the five-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Anthony Ewing – Union City, Georgia
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack) (Central District of Illinois).
Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment (as amended by order of June 22, 2017), 10-year term of supervised release (January 22, 2016).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on April 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Quittman Andre Goodley – Austin, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (Western District of Texas).
Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment, 10-year term of supervised release (July 18, 2012).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on February 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Deondre Cordell Higgins – Kansas City, Missouri
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base (Western District of Missouri).
Sentence: Life imprisonment, no supervised release (August 30, 2011).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to a term of 25 years, leaving intact and in effect all other components of the sentence and with the final two years of his incarceration in prerelease custody, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Leroy Lymons – Pensacola, Florida
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine (Northern District of Florida).
Sentence: Life imprisonment, 10-year term of supervised release (June 12, 2012).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to a term of 27 years, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Angel Rosario – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Offense: Distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base (crack) within 1,000 feet of a public school; distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base (crack); distribution of cocaine base (crack) within 1,000 feet of a public school (two counts); distribution of cocaine base (crack) (two counts) (Eastern District of Pennsylvania).
Sentence: 21 years and 10 months of imprisonment, eight-year term of supervised release, and $2,500 fine (July 19, 2012).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on April 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Esaias J. Tucker – Tallahassee, Florida
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and more than 28 grams of cocaine base (Northern District of Florida).
Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment, 10-year term of supervised release (January 29, 2013).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on April 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Darryl Allen Winkfield – Augusta, Georgia
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute, and to possess cocaine and cocaine base with intent to distribute; distribution of cocaine hydrochloride (three counts); possession of cocaine and cocaine base with intent to distribute (Southern District of Georgia).
Sentence: Life imprisonment, 10-year term of supervised release (September 29, 1998).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on April 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
Kenneth Winkler – Indianapolis, Indiana
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (Southern District of Indiana).
Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment, 10-year term of supervised release (July 23, 2012).
Commutation Grant: Sentence commuted to expire on February 20, 2024, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.
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