NORFOLK, Va. – President Obama granted a total of 111 sentence commutations on Tuesday.
Two drug related sentences were from the Hampton Roads area.
Mancer Barrington of Norfolk was granted a commutation on his offense of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Barrington was sentenced in 2009 to life imprisonment; 10 years supervised release.
His prison sentence was commuted to a term of 180 months imprisonment.
Tony Lamont Jones of Portsmouth was granted a commutation on his offense of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base.
Jones was sentenced in 1998 to life imprisonment; five years supervised release and in 2015 it was amended to 360 months imprisonment.
His prison sentence is now commuted to expire on December 28, 2016.
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