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President Obama today pardoned two people and commuted the sentences of 95 inmates, including four convicted Alabama drug dealers.
The four inmates, one of whom was serving a life sentence, will now be eligible for release on April 16.
Here are the inmates:
- Oscar Cole, Jr. – Bessemer
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride (Northern District of Alabama)
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Sep. 21, 2006)
- Reginald Gerard Ennis – Mobile
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine (Southern District of Alabama)
Sentence: 240 months' imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release (Apr. 22, 2004)
- Billy R. Mercer, Jr. – Slapout
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; use/carry firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime (Middle District of Alabama)
Sentence: 292 months' imprisonment; 72 months' supervised release (May 24, 2006)
- Tommie Sand Tyree – Birmingham
Offense: Distribution of 50 grams or more of "crack" cocaine (Northern District of Alabama)
Sentence: Life imprisonment; 96 months' supervised release (Feb. 7, 2007)
Tyree was sentenced to life because he had two prior felony drug convictions, the U.S. Attorney's Office said after his sentencing in 2007.
When he was convicted in 2006, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said Tyree, also known as Tommie Foo, had been a major Birmingham area dealer with drug trafficking arrests dating back to 1989.
"There is a lot of blood on his hands in this community but now that is over for him and he will have a long time to think about what a negative impact he had on Birmingham, Alabama," Sheriff Mike Hale said in a press release at the time.
on December 18, 2015 at 2:08 PM, updated December 18, 2015 at 2:54 PM
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