Here's the 95 criminals who just got their sentences commuted by Obama

[HereWeGoAgain]

15 of these guys were convicted of crimes more serious than drug trafficking. They used illegally obtained firearms in their crimes, ranging from armed robbery to using firearms during a drug trafficking crime. So, Obama claims he is concerned about gun violence and wants to make more laws for criminals to ignore. Tell me again how more laws will make a difference when the criminals don't follow the current ones on the books.

Here's some of the charges:

- Possession of a firearm during felony drug offense
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Armed robbery (3 counts)
- Using firearms during crime of violence (3 counts)
- Possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime
- Use of a firearm during and in relation to drug trafficking
- Felon in possession of a firearm
- Unregistered firearm
- Possession of a firearm with obliterated serial number
- Possession of shotgun w/ barrel length of less than 18"

It's one thing to release non-violent drug offenders. It's way more serious when they are selling hard drugs and using weapons in their crimes. I don't want to hear any more about going after the NRA or legal gun owners who aren't part of this problem.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/12/18/here-are-the-95-people-whose-sentences-obama-just-commuted/

33,000 applied, 184 celmencies granted after a long assessment while 181,149 did not meet the requirements and denied .

I bet that you complain about your high taxes as well......





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The other 181,184 were white......

 

[Syriusly]

Many of these individuals are likely low level operatives that didn't have anyone else higher up to plea bargain with.

Many of these drug sentences are longer than people convicted of rape or manslaughter get.

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By Washington Post December 18
President Obama commutes 95 drug sentences

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President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders, the third time this year he’s used his power to release federal drug offenders. Obama granted clemency to 22 drug offenders in March and another 46 in July.

Here are the names of all 95, according to the Justice Department:

Donald Allen of Lynn Haven, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense (Northern District of Florida)
Sentence: Life plus five years’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Aug. 17, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Royal Deandre Allen of Houston
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $17,500 fine (May 13, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and balance of the fine remitted.

Sandra Avery of Sarasota, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (three counts); possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine; possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jan. 3, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Jose Aviles of Chicago
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment (Apr. 23, 1993)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 18, 2016.

George Andre Axam of Atlanta
Offense: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Northern District of Georgia)
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (Jun. 12, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Ray Bennett of Hazlehurst, Ga.
Offense: Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”); knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”) (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Nov. 22, 1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Wendell Edward Betancourt of Washington, D.C.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute “crack” cocaine (Northern District of West Virginia)
Sentence: 220 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Jun. 11, 2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Edward B. Betts of Carbondale, Ill.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Illinois)
Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Jul. 27, 1992)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and eight-year term of supervised release commuted to two years of supervised release.

Anthony Bosley of Spokane, Wash.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jun. 13, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Looks like most of the crimes involve crack. It is well known the punishments for crack (cocaine base) were different than punishments for cocaine. It's just that crack was preferred by blacks while cocaine is preferred by whites.

That might be true for users. We are talking about armed criminals selling the stuff, a much more serious crime.

You would have to compare them to the sentences given to armed criminals selling cocaine to get the right context.

Ya I hear ya, like the Drug lord from Mexico that got a free pass By Obama the FBI and ATF for supplying firearms to other gangs in fast and furious.

 

[Eaglewings]

Looks like most of the crimes involve crack. It is well known the punishments for crack (cocaine base) were different than punishments for cocaine. It's just that crack was preferred by blacks while cocaine is preferred by whites.

Of course that and crack is way more potent and addicting.

Not necessarily. Depends how you use them.

Can you tell me about the way the drugs are used, and their effects?

JS: Because powder cocaine and crack have different formulations, they are "used" differently, and therefore have different effects. The different effects are 100 percent related to the way they're used (routes of administration), not the chemical formulation beyond the fact that the differing formulations allow for different routes of administration.

A "high" from snorted cocaine will hit you in about 1-5 minutes, be at its peak within 20-30 minutes, and last 1-2 hours. A "high" from inhaled or injected cocaine will hit you in less than a minute, be at its peak within 3-5 minutes, and last 30 minutes to an hour.

The onset and peak occur much faster with inhaled [if smoked] and injected cocaine, and the user experiences the effects of the drug "all at once" — so the user will get higher than if the same amount of cocaine were snorted.

Crack cocaine is inhaled, but powder cocaine can be injected, resulting in the same onset/peak/duration effect that crack produces.

Because inhalation and injection get the user higher (more drug is delivered all at once), and the high happens faster and wears off faster, the behavior is highly self-reinforcing. This lends itself to repetition, or binges, where the user will use or hit over and over to repeat the high that wears off quickly. This pattern of use makes users that inhale or inject more vulnerable to the addictive effects of the drug.

How does cocaine affect your body?

JS: This is complicated! It affects literally every single organ system in your body. It affects at least 5 or 6 different neurotransmitters in your brain, all at once, in different ways.

Again, the differences between crack and powder cocaine are mainly attributable to the route of administration — how you “do” the drug — so smoking crack can have toxic effects to the lungs that are not problems with snorted cocaine. In the same way, snorted cocaine can have effects on the mucous membranes not seen with smoked crack.

You smoke one and snort the other.
There are no other ways to use either one.

I guess you just decided to stick with your ignorance and not read the information I provided.

You can inject cocaine, dumbass. Ever heard of those "IV drug abusers" dying from AIDS?

Yeah.

Now...read: "Crack cocaine is inhaled, but powder cocaine can be injected, resulting in the same onset/peak/duration effect that crack produces."

And you prove your ignorance yet again. You cant inject powder without altering it.
The same way crack is altered to make it more potent..
In order of effectiveness and potency..Injecting,crack and powder.
All three are in different forms when used.

It just so happens the criminal class like crack which of course leads to more crime.

I am an addiction counselor and they have addiction recovery in prisons, people can change and completely turn their life around.

Meth releases many more dopamine into the blood so the more intense the drug is , the faster the body will become dependent upon it.

And by the way HeWeGoAgain, any drug can lead to crime including alcohol.



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[g5000]

I am an addiction counselor and they have addiction recovery in prisons, people can change and completely turn their life around.
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Awesome. I volunteered for over ten years in jails and prisons doing the same thing.

Not a lot of those guys turn their lives around, though.

 

[Eaglewings]

That might be true for users. We are talking about armed criminals selling the stuff, a much more serious crime.

You would have to compare them to the sentences given to armed criminals selling cocaine to get the right context.[/QUOTE]
Ya I hear ya, like the Drug lord from Mexico that got a free pass By Obama the FBI and ATF for supplying firearms to other gangs in fast and furious.[/QUOTE]

 

[Eaglewings]

Looks like most of the crimes involve crack. It is well known the punishments for crack (cocaine base) were different than punishments for cocaine. It's just that crack was preferred by blacks while cocaine is preferred by whites.

Of course that and crack is way more potent and addicting.

Not necessarily. Depends how you use them.

Can you tell me about the way the drugs are used, and their effects?

JS: Because powder cocaine and crack have different formulations, they are "used" differently, and therefore have different effects. The different effects are 100 percent related to the way they're used (routes of administration), not the chemical formulation beyond the fact that the differing formulations allow for different routes of administration.

A "high" from snorted cocaine will hit you in about 1-5 minutes, be at its peak within 20-30 minutes, and last 1-2 hours. A "high" from inhaled or injected cocaine will hit you in less than a minute, be at its peak within 3-5 minutes, and last 30 minutes to an hour.

The onset and peak occur much faster with inhaled [if smoked] and injected cocaine, and the user experiences the effects of the drug "all at once" — so the user will get higher than if the same amount of cocaine were snorted.

Crack cocaine is inhaled, but powder cocaine can be injected, resulting in the same onset/peak/duration effect that crack produces.

Because inhalation and injection get the user higher (more drug is delivered all at once), and the high happens faster and wears off faster, the behavior is highly self-reinforcing. This lends itself to repetition, or binges, where the user will use or hit over and over to repeat the high that wears off quickly. This pattern of use makes users that inhale or inject more vulnerable to the addictive effects of the drug.

How does cocaine affect your body?

JS: This is complicated! It affects literally every single organ system in your body. It affects at least 5 or 6 different neurotransmitters in your brain, all at once, in different ways.

Again, the differences between crack and powder cocaine are mainly attributable to the route of administration — how you “do” the drug — so smoking crack can have toxic effects to the lungs that are not problems with snorted cocaine. In the same way, snorted cocaine can have effects on the mucous membranes not seen with smoked crack.

You smoke one and snort the other.
There are no other ways to use either one.
And take it from someone who has tried both....crack is WAY more potent.
Add the fact that blacks are the main users of crack and their penchant for crime and you have a more damaging substance to society.

Wouldn't you say ( you being a ex- user) that what brings a meth user down quicker is all the crap that they add to it.

I have seen people go down the tubes on crack while a drunk can stay drunk for years.



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[Eaglewings]

I am an addiction counselor and they have addiction recovery in prisons, people can change and completely turn their life around.
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Awesome. I volunteered for over ten years in jails and prisons doing the same thing.

Not a lot of those guys turn their lives around, though.

I go to meetings where many of them cleaned up and saw the light, big bruiser guys..lol Bikers for Jesus...love those guys.
Many can not handle being outside of the prisons,yes your right.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Many of these individuals are likely low level operatives that didn't have anyone else higher up to plea bargain with.

Many of these drug sentences are longer than people convicted of rape or manslaughter get.

Post Nation
Here are the 95 people whose sentences Obama just commuted
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By Washington Post December 18
President Obama commutes 95 drug sentences

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President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders, the third time this year he’s used his power to release federal drug offenders. Obama granted clemency to 22 drug offenders in March and another 46 in July.

Here are the names of all 95, according to the Justice Department:

Donald Allen of Lynn Haven, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense (Northern District of Florida)
Sentence: Life plus five years’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Aug. 17, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Royal Deandre Allen of Houston
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $17,500 fine (May 13, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and balance of the fine remitted.

Sandra Avery of Sarasota, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (three counts); possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine; possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jan. 3, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Jose Aviles of Chicago
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment (Apr. 23, 1993)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 18, 2016.

George Andre Axam of Atlanta
Offense: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Northern District of Georgia)
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (Jun. 12, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Ray Bennett of Hazlehurst, Ga.
Offense: Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”); knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”) (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Nov. 22, 1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Wendell Edward Betancourt of Washington, D.C.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute “crack” cocaine (Northern District of West Virginia)
Sentence: 220 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Jun. 11, 2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Edward B. Betts of Carbondale, Ill.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Illinois)
Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Jul. 27, 1992)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and eight-year term of supervised release commuted to two years of supervised release.

Anthony Bosley of Spokane, Wash.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jun. 13, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Drugs are the leading cause of murder in the inner city.
Whether it's from turf wars,feeding a habit or just going nuts and killing someone while high.
These people need to be locked up for a long time for the misery they inflict on society.

If we were talking about someone getting busted with a 1/4 oz in their glove box that'd be one thing....

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Looks like most of the crimes involve crack. It is well known the punishments for crack (cocaine base) were different than punishments for cocaine. It's just that crack was preferred by blacks while cocaine is preferred by whites.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

 

[Eaglewings]

Many of these individuals are likely low level operatives that didn't have anyone else higher up to plea bargain with.

Many of these drug sentences are longer than people convicted of rape or manslaughter get.

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Here are the 95 people whose sentences Obama just commuted
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By Washington Post December 18
President Obama commutes 95 drug sentences

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President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders, the third time this year he’s used his power to release federal drug offenders. Obama granted clemency to 22 drug offenders in March and another 46 in July.

Here are the names of all 95, according to the Justice Department:

Donald Allen of Lynn Haven, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense (Northern District of Florida)
Sentence: Life plus five years’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Aug. 17, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Royal Deandre Allen of Houston
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $17,500 fine (May 13, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and balance of the fine remitted.

Sandra Avery of Sarasota, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (three counts); possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine; possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jan. 3, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Jose Aviles of Chicago
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment (Apr. 23, 1993)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 18, 2016.

George Andre Axam of Atlanta
Offense: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Northern District of Georgia)
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (Jun. 12, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Ray Bennett of Hazlehurst, Ga.
Offense: Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”); knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”) (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Nov. 22, 1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Wendell Edward Betancourt of Washington, D.C.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute “crack” cocaine (Northern District of West Virginia)
Sentence: 220 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Jun. 11, 2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Edward B. Betts of Carbondale, Ill.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Illinois)
Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Jul. 27, 1992)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and eight-year term of supervised release commuted to two years of supervised release.

Anthony Bosley of Spokane, Wash.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jun. 13, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Drugs are the leading cause of murder in the inner city.
Whether it's from turf wars,feeding a habit or just going nuts and killing someone while high.
These people need to be locked up for a long time for the misery they inflict on society.

If we were talking about someone getting busted with a 1/4 oz in their glove box that'd be one thing....

Michael Botticelli, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, informally known as the drug czar. Mr. Botticelli is the first person in substance-abuse recovery to hold the position.

Former addict is fighting to get the addicts into treatment..
Of coarse I feel that the big drug dealers need time in prison.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/u...-drug-czar-who-knows-addiction-firsthand.html

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Looks like most of the crimes involve crack. It is well known the punishments for crack (cocaine base) were different than punishments for cocaine. It's just that crack was preferred by blacks while cocaine is preferred by whites.

Of course that and crack is way more potent and addicting.

Not necessarily. Depends how you use them.

Can you tell me about the way the drugs are used, and their effects?

JS: Because powder cocaine and crack have different formulations, they are "used" differently, and therefore have different effects. The different effects are 100 percent related to the way they're used (routes of administration), not the chemical formulation beyond the fact that the differing formulations allow for different routes of administration.

A "high" from snorted cocaine will hit you in about 1-5 minutes, be at its peak within 20-30 minutes, and last 1-2 hours. A "high" from inhaled or injected cocaine will hit you in less than a minute, be at its peak within 3-5 minutes, and last 30 minutes to an hour.

The onset and peak occur much faster with inhaled [if smoked] and injected cocaine, and the user experiences the effects of the drug "all at once" — so the user will get higher than if the same amount of cocaine were snorted.

Crack cocaine is inhaled, but powder cocaine can be injected, resulting in the same onset/peak/duration effect that crack produces.

Because inhalation and injection get the user higher (more drug is delivered all at once), and the high happens faster and wears off faster, the behavior is highly self-reinforcing. This lends itself to repetition, or binges, where the user will use or hit over and over to repeat the high that wears off quickly. This pattern of use makes users that inhale or inject more vulnerable to the addictive effects of the drug.

How does cocaine affect your body?

JS: This is complicated! It affects literally every single organ system in your body. It affects at least 5 or 6 different neurotransmitters in your brain, all at once, in different ways.

Again, the differences between crack and powder cocaine are mainly attributable to the route of administration — how you “do” the drug — so smoking crack can have toxic effects to the lungs that are not problems with snorted cocaine. In the same way, snorted cocaine can have effects on the mucous membranes not seen with smoked crack.

You smoke one and snort the other.
There are no other ways to use either one.
And take it from someone who has tried both....crack is WAY more potent.
Add the fact that blacks are the main users of crack and their penchant for crime and you have a more damaging substance to society.

Wouldn't you say ( you being a user) that what brings a meth user down quicker is all the crap that they add to it.

I have seen people go down the tubes on crack while a drunk can stay drunk for years.



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I would hardly use the term "user" for something I did thirty years ago in my youth.
Was never into meth so I cant say. But it sure seems to be a killer.

While alcohol is addicting,it's nothing compared to cocaine.
There are many functional alcoholics out there but very few functional crackheads.

 

[Syriusly]

Many of these individuals are likely low level operatives that didn't have anyone else higher up to plea bargain with.

Many of these drug sentences are longer than people convicted of rape or manslaughter get.

Post Nation
Here are the 95 people whose sentences Obama just commuted
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Comments 223
By Washington Post December 18
President Obama commutes 95 drug sentences

Play Video0:29

President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders, the third time this year he’s used his power to release federal drug offenders. Obama granted clemency to 22 drug offenders in March and another 46 in July.

Here are the names of all 95, according to the Justice Department:

Donald Allen of Lynn Haven, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense (Northern District of Florida)
Sentence: Life plus five years’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Aug. 17, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Royal Deandre Allen of Houston
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $17,500 fine (May 13, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and balance of the fine remitted.

Sandra Avery of Sarasota, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (three counts); possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine; possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jan. 3, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Jose Aviles of Chicago
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment (Apr. 23, 1993)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 18, 2016.

George Andre Axam of Atlanta
Offense: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Northern District of Georgia)
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (Jun. 12, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Ray Bennett of Hazlehurst, Ga.
Offense: Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”); knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”) (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Nov. 22, 1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Wendell Edward Betancourt of Washington, D.C.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute “crack” cocaine (Northern District of West Virginia)
Sentence: 220 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Jun. 11, 2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Edward B. Betts of Carbondale, Ill.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Illinois)
Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Jul. 27, 1992)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and eight-year term of supervised release commuted to two years of supervised release.

Anthony Bosley of Spokane, Wash.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jun. 13, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Drugs are the leading cause of murder in the inner city.
Whether it's from turf wars,feeding a habit or just going nuts and killing someone while high.
These people need to be locked up for a long time for the misery they inflict on society.

If we were talking about someone getting busted with a 1/4 oz in their glove box that'd be one thing....

Drugs being illegal is the leading cause of murder in the inner city.

People are not getting murdered because of cigarettes or whisky.

But I am glad you think that the illegal drug problem has gone away because we lock up someone for 10 years who sold 50 grams of coke.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Let me get this straight: DumBama just set free all these drug dealers and users, but he couldn't free the hostages in Iran while John FFFFFF Kerry was negotiating with them--and we gave Iran just about everything they wanted????

No, Obama is no failure.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Many of these individuals are likely low level operatives that didn't have anyone else higher up to plea bargain with.

Many of these drug sentences are longer than people convicted of rape or manslaughter get.

Post Nation
Here are the 95 people whose sentences Obama just commuted
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Comments 223
By Washington Post December 18
President Obama commutes 95 drug sentences

Play Video0:29

President Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 95 drug offenders, the third time this year he’s used his power to release federal drug offenders. Obama granted clemency to 22 drug offenders in March and another 46 in July.

Here are the names of all 95, according to the Justice Department:

Donald Allen of Lynn Haven, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession of a firearm during a felony drug offense (Northern District of Florida)
Sentence: Life plus five years’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Aug. 17, 1998)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Royal Deandre Allen of Houston
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release; $17,500 fine (May 13, 1996)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and balance of the fine remitted.

Sandra Avery of Sarasota, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (three counts); possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine; possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jan. 3, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Jose Aviles of Chicago
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment (Apr. 23, 1993)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on December 18, 2016.

George Andre Axam of Atlanta
Offense: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Northern District of Georgia)
Sentence: 180 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (Jun. 12, 2007)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Ray Bennett of Hazlehurst, Ga.
Offense: Knowingly conspiring to distribute cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”); knowingly possessing with intent to distribute and causing to be possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”) (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Nov. 22, 1991)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Wendell Edward Betancourt of Washington, D.C.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute “crack” cocaine (Northern District of West Virginia)
Sentence: 220 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (Jun. 11, 2002)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Edward B. Betts of Carbondale, Ill.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Illinois)
Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Jul. 27, 1992)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016, and eight-year term of supervised release commuted to two years of supervised release.

Anthony Bosley of Spokane, Wash.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Jun. 13, 2006)
Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on April 16, 2016.

Drugs are the leading cause of murder in the inner city.
Whether it's from turf wars,feeding a habit or just going nuts and killing someone while high.
These people need to be locked up for a long time for the misery they inflict on society.

If we were talking about someone getting busted with a 1/4 oz in their glove box that'd be one thing....

Drugs being illegal is the leading cause of murder in the inner city.

People are not getting murdered because of cigarettes or whisky.

But I am glad you think that the illegal drug problem has gone away because we lock up someone for 10 years who sold 50 grams of coke.

Uuuuuuh......No.
People are getting killed for money to buy crack. Whether it's legal or not wont change that.
You know as far as I'm concerned we should hand out crack for free and we can kill off all the worthless people.
You should be alright with free drugs since itl'l stop crime right?

 

[Eaglewings]

Let me get this straight: DumBama just set free all these drug dealers and users, but he couldn't free the hostages in Iran while John FFFFFF Kerry was negotiating with them--and we gave Iran just about everything they wanted????

No, Obama is no failure.

Didn't I see you complaining about taxes not too long ago...

Housing an inmate in Guantanamo Bay costs taxpayers approximately $900,000 per year.


The average cost of incarceration in the United States is determined by different methods. It costs anywhere between $20,000 and $40,000 per year to house inmates in federal and state correctional facilities

Law Dictionary: What is the Average Cost to House Inmates in Prison

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Looks like most of the crimes involve crack. It is well known the punishments for crack (cocaine base) were different than punishments for cocaine. It's just that crack was preferred by blacks while cocaine is preferred by whites.

It's also true that in white neighborhoods where cocaine users are, they don't suffer drive by shootings, the white communities don't suffer murders at the hands of gangs, they don't suffer multiple armed robberies on the streets and in the stores like black communities do.

A friend of mine works downtown in the court system and we discussed this issue before. In his opinion, yes, black offenders do get harsher sentences at times than whites. Why? Because it's black judges that want to clean up their own community or the community their family lives in.

It make sense too. If I'm a white judge who is plagued by white cocaine users and crime associated with them, I'm throwing the book at them to get them out of my neighborhood. If it's a black doing the same in their black neighborhood, why would I care if he gets a slap on the hand and goes back out to further destroy his black community????

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Let me get this straight: DumBama just set free all these drug dealers and users, but he couldn't free the hostages in Iran while John FFFFFF Kerry was negotiating with them--and we gave Iran just about everything they wanted????

No, Obama is no failure.

Didn't I see you complaining about taxes not too long ago...

Housing an inmate in Guantanamo Bay costs taxpayers approximately $900,000 per year.


The average cost of incarceration in the United States is determined by different methods. It costs anywhere between $20,000 and $40,000 per year to house inmates in federal and state correctional facilities

Law Dictionary: What is the Average Cost to House Inmates in Prison

That wasnt a problem until dems made it illegal to make inmates work to pay for their own incarceration.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Let me get this straight: DumBama just set free all these drug dealers and users, but he couldn't free the hostages in Iran while John FFFFFF Kerry was negotiating with them--and we gave Iran just about everything they wanted????

No, Obama is no failure.

Didn't I see you complaining about taxes not too long ago...

Housing an inmate in Guantanamo Bay costs taxpayers approximately $900,000 per year.


The average cost of incarceration in the United States is determined by different methods. It costs anywhere between $20,000 and $40,000 per year to house inmates in federal and state correctional facilities

Law Dictionary: What is the Average Cost to House Inmates in Prison

Sure I complain about taxes--when they are used for frivolous things. I don't complain about taxes when they do the public good such as locking up lowlifes be they terrorists or street criminals. I have no problem with my tax money making me safer.

 

[Clementine]

I am an addiction counselor and they have addiction recovery in prisons, people can change and completely turn their life around.
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Awesome. I volunteered for over ten years in jails and prisons doing the same thing.

Not a lot of those guys turn their lives around, though.

Don't statistics show that most tend to become worse criminals after being in prison? Many are forced to join gangs to survive in prison and they have a debt to pay once they are released.

We aren't doing well when it comes to rehabilitating people. Tough order considering many have been screwed up their entire lives and when we lock them up, their main "support" system is other hardened criminals who pretty much control them.

If we did it right, they would be different people when they got out of prison and the sentences would be however long real treatment took to rehabilitate them. But, we don't do it right. We ensure that we'll have even worse criminals once they are released.