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Apr 28, 2021 · Office of the Pardon Attorney. Pardons Granted by President Barack H. Obama (2009-2017) Search All Pardons and Commutations. January 17, 2017 | December 19, 2016 | January 16, 2016 | December 18, 2015 | December 17, 2014 | December 19, 2013 | March 1, 2013 | November 21, 2011 | May 20, 2011 | December 3, 2010. Download PDF Clemency Warrant.
Obama granted 78 commutations on this day. January 17, 2017. On this day, Obama pardoned 64 individuals and commuted the sentence of 209 individuals (109 of whom faced life sentences). These included Chelsea Manning and Oscar López Rivera, enabling them to be released from prison on May 17, 2017. January 19, 2017
- James Robert Adelman. Adelman of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was convicted of conspiracy to embezzle by a trustee, embezzlement by a trustee, and making a false account in 1989.
- John Clyde Anderson. Anderson of Camano Island, Washington, was convicted of conspiracy to import marijuana in 1972. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and three years' conditional probation.
- Zachary James Ray Anderson. Anderson of Owensboro, Kentucky, was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States by providing false identification documents knowingly and without authority in 2003.
- Octavio Joaquin Armenteros. Armenteros of Jacksonville, Florida, was convicted of intent to possess and distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to 46 months' imprisonment with three years' supervised release in 1995.
Jan 17, 2017 · President Obama has commuted more sentences than any president in U.S. history. January 19, 2017. The Reinvigoration of the Clemency Authority. Read more. Our nation faces a cycle of poverty, criminality, and incarceration that traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities.
Jan 11, 2020 · President Barack Obama granted 70 pardons during his two terms in office, according to the United States Department of Justice records.
Jan 19, 2017 · Obama has granted dozens of pardons and commutations about once a month since August, and in December, he gave clemency to a record 231 federal inmates on a single day — a record that he broke...
Dec 20, 2016 · December 20, 2016. President Obama made US justice history on Monday, when he issued 78 pardons and commuted the sentences of 153 prisoners, the most to ever receive clemency in a single...