OBAMA PARDONS SMALL TIME DRUG DEALERS - WHY?

Apart from providing guns for the Mexican drug cartels, Obama has officially pardoned or commuted sentences of some low level drug dealers more likely to be his connections at the times he was a self-admitted druggie! To buy their silence about his own connections to drug use and distribution?

Good grief, people! Who is this person you have put into the Oval Office? A thug who has nothing better to do than pardon low life drug dealers as part of his presidential duties????

Does that not stink to high heaven? Normal focus and preoccuptation of a president? When the nation is in crisis, he is preoccued with freeing small time drug dealers? What secrets is he trying  to hide here?

President Obama granted five pardons and commuted one individual's sentence for distribution of cocaine, according to a White House press release. Those pardoned were incarcerated for charges ranging from distribution of illegal drugs to running an illegal gambling business.

The White House press release below:

• *Lesley Claywood Berry Jr.* ­- Loretto, Ky.

"Offense": Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846.



"Sentence": April 29, 1988; District of Minnesota; three years in prison.



• *Dennis George Bulin* - Wesley Chapel, Fla.



"Offense": Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 pounds of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

"Sentence": March 10, 1987; Middle District of Alabama; five years of probation and $20,000 fine.

• *Ricky Dale Collett* - Annville, Ky.

"Offense": Aiding and abetting in the manufacture of 61 marijuana plants, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.


"Sentence": March 7, 2002; Eastern District of Kentucky; one year of probation conditioned on 60 days of home detention.

• *Martin Kaprelian* - Park Ridge, Ill.

"Offense": Conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 371; transporting stolen property in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2314; concealing stolen property that was transported in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2315.

"Sentence": Feb. 1, 1984; Northern District of Illinois; nine years in prison, five years of probation.

• *Thomas Paul Ledford* - Jonesborough, Tenn.

"Offense": Conducting and directing an illegal gambling business, 18 U.S.C. § 1955.

"Sentence": June 12, 1995; Eastern District of Tennessee; one year of probation conditioned on performance of 100 hours of community service.

COMMUTATION:

• *Eugenia Marie Jennings* - Alton, Ill.

"Offense": Distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

"Sentence": Feb. 23, 2001; Southern District of Illinois; 262 months in prison, eight years of supervised release, $1,750 fine.

"Terms of commutation": Prison sentence to expire on Dec. 21, 2011, leaving intact and in effect the eight-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence.