Obama pardons nine people

[cavegal]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101203/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_pardons

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has granted the first pardons of his presidency, to nine people convicted of crimes ranging from cocaine possession to mutilation of coins.

The White House announced the pardons Friday as Obama was in the air on the way back from a surprise visit to Afghanistan.

No well-known people were on the list and most of the crimes seemed low-grade

A Friday news dump.... I wonder who these people really are?

[Allentownjake]

I believe who are family members of campaign contributers is the answer alex.

[cavegal]

Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following nine individuals:

James Bernard Banks - Liberty, Utah
Offense: Illegal possession of government property; 18 U.S.C. § 641.

Sentence: Oct. 31, 1972; District of Utah; two years of probation.

Russell James Dixon - Clayton, Ga.
Offense: Felony liquor law violation; 26 U.S.C. § 5604(a)(1).
Sentence: June 23, 1960; Northern District of Georgia; two years of probation.

Laurens Dorsey - Syracuse, N.Y.
Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1001.

Sentence: Aug. 31, 1998; District of New Jersey; five years of probation and $71,000 restitution.

Ronald Lee Foster - Beaver Falls, Penn.
Offense: Mutilation of coins; 18 U.S.C. § 331.
Sentence: Oct. 4, 1963; Eastern District of North Carolina; one year of probation and $20 fine.

Timothy James Gallagher - Navasota, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. § 846.
Sentence: Oct. 18, 1982; District of Arizona; three years of probation.

Roxane Kay Hettinger - Powder Springs, Ga.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846.
Sentence: March 31, 1986; Northern District of Iowa; 30 days in jail followed by three years of probation.

Edgar Leopold Kranz Jr. - Minot, N.D.
Offense: Wrongful use of cocaine, adultery and writing three insufficient fund checks; Articles 112a and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Sentence: Sept. 14, 1994, as approved Nov. 4, 1994; General court-martial convened at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; bad conduct discharge (suspended), 24 months of confinement and reduction to pay grade E-1.

Floretta Leavy - Rockford, Ill.
Offense: Distribution of cocaine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; 21 U.S. C. §§ 841(a)(1), (a)(2) and 846, 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Sentence: Oct. 19, 1984; District of Kansas; one year and one day in prison and three years of special parole.

Scoey Lathaniel Morris - Crosby, Texas
Offense: Passing counterfeit obligations or securities; 18 U.S.C. §§ 472 and 2.
Sentence: May 21, 1999; Western District of Texas; three years of probation and $1,200 restitution, jointly and severally

[thundley4]

Strange. Many of them have to do with cocaine. Wasn't Obama a user?

[Chris_]

Strange. Many of them have to do with cocaine. Wasn't Obama a user?

"Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ..."

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/661873/barack_obama_admits_past_drug_use.html

[cavegal]

Strange. Many of them have to do with cocaine. Wasn't Obama a user?

this whole list is strange look at this one

Russell James Dixon - Clayton, Ga.
Offense: Felony liquor law violation; 26 U.S.C. § 5604(a)(1).
Sentence: June 23, 1960; Northern District of Georgia; two years of probation.

1960 and he not the only one.. Is the 0ne clearing these people so they can have government jobs.. ??????????????????????????????

[Eupher]

this whole list is strange look at this one
 1960 and he not the only one.. Is the 0ne clearing these people so they can have government jobs.. ??????????????????????????????

Fioretta Leavy already has one:

Floretta Leavy of Rockford, Ill., who was sentenced to a year and a day in prison in Kansas in 1984 on a drug-possession conviction, said she was notified by the Justice Department just hours before Obama's decision was made public. In a brief telephone interview, she said she is now working in veterans affairs in northern Illinois. "It's a testimony," said Leavy, who applied for a pardon in January 2007. "It is so awesome. I'm still in awe."

One person from Illinois

[true_blood]

Were 2 of them Black Panther members for voter intimidation?
Were the other 2, Charles Rengel and Maxine Waters?

[Freeper]

Roxane Kay Hettinger - Powder Springs, Ga.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846.
Sentence: March 31, 1986; Northern District of Iowa; 30 days in jail followed by three years of probation.

hmmmm how appropriate her being from powder springs.