AUSTIN (KXAN) – President Joe Biden granted clemency to 78 people on Tuesday, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations, according to a White House statement.
A Texan was pardoned for a 1998 conviction for possession with intent to distribute crack. Betty Jo Bogans, 51, was sentenced to seven years due to the “harsh penalties” in effect at the time of her conviction. Since her release, Bogans has remained employed, even as she battled cancer, as she raised her child, according to the statement.
Biden commuted the sentences of nineteen Texans, according to the release.
Texans granted clemency
Sharon Louise Boatright –Richardson, Texas
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 190 months in prison, four years of supervised release (December 16, 2013); amended to 188 months in prison, four years supervised release (July 15, 2016).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of four years of supervised release intact and in force.
bouquet kaye brown – Huntsville, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and less than 50 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Texas).
Phrase: 145 months in prison, five years of supervised release (September 15, 2015).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
Mark Richard Burton – Odessa, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and/or 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine (Western District of Texas).
Phrase: 121 months in prison, five years supervised release, $15,000 fine (March 16, 2016).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
Nicholas Cano –Amarillo, Texas
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 140 months in prison, four years of supervised release (September 5, 2014).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of four years of supervised release intact and in force.
lori jean cruz – Hills of North Richland, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 120 months in prison, three years of supervised release (September 12, 2016).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of three years of supervised release intact and in force.
catherine davis – San Antonio, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; complicity in possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (Western District of Texas).
Phrase: 210 months in prison, five years of supervised release (March 6, 2014); amended to 151 months in prison, five years supervised release (Aug. 31, 2015).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
Deborah Ann Dodd –Forney, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine or 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (Eastern District of Texas).
Phrase: 140 months in prison, five years of supervised release (February 19, 2015).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
Nova Neal Finau – Fort Worth, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 140 months in prison, four years of supervised release (March 31, 2016).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of four years of supervised release intact and in force.
Julio Garza – Edinburgh, Texas
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute 10 kilograms of cocaine (Southern District of Texas).
Phrase: 240 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release (May 13, 2010).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on August 24, 2022, leaving the term of 10 years of supervised release intact and in force.
Stephanie Hernandez -Dallas, Texas
Offense: Distribution of a controlled substance (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 120 months in prison, three years of supervised release (April 21, 2017).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of three years of supervised release intact and in force.
David Charles Jenkins –Beaumont, Texas
Offense:
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Western District of Louisiana).
2. Violation of supervised release (Eastern District of Texas).
3. Production of counterfeit access devices (Eastern District of Texas).
Phrase
1. 151 months in prison, eight years of supervised release, $5,000 fine (November 28, 2011); amended to 121 months in prison, eight years supervised release, $5,000 fine (February 9, 2018).
2. 24 months in prison (January 5, 2012).
3. 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,516 restitution (April 29, 2015). Prison sentences and terms of supervised release in each case shall run consecutively.
commutation concession: Sentences commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, with the remainder to be served on home confinement, leaving the eight-year and three-year terms of supervised release intact and in effect, and the unpaid remainder, if any, of the fine of $5,000 and Restitution of $2,516.
Brittany Krambeck – Fort Worth, Texas
Offense: Maintenance of facilities involved with drugs; structuring of transactions to evade reporting requirements (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 220 months in prison, three years of supervised release (October 29, 2010).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2024, leaving the term of three years of probation intact and in force.
Rosamaria Lucero – New Braunfels, Texas
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, aiding and abetting (Western District of Texas).
Phrase: 120 months in prison, five years of supervised release (February 13, 2018).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
Quang Nguyen – Houston Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants (Southern District of Texas).
Phrase: 120 months in prison, five years of supervised release (March 30, 2017).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
Aaron Ponce – Odessa, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a controlled substance, 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (Western District of Texas).
Phrase: 240 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release (July 11, 2013).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on August 24, 2022, leaving the term of 10 years of supervised release intact and in force.
Rosa Rangel Trujillo – Waco, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic drug controlled substance (Western District of Texas).
Phrase: 240 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $5,000 fine (April 14, 2008).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on August 24, 2022, leaving intact and in force the term of three years of supervised release and the unpaid remainder, if any, of the $5,000 fine.
alexander reyna –Brownsville, Texas
Offense: Importation of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine (Western District of Texas).
Phrase: 210 months in prison, five years supervised release, $2,000 fine (January 16, 2014); amended to 180 months in prison, five years supervised release, $2,000 fine (February 26, 2016).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, with the remainder to be served in home confinement, leaving the five-year term of supervised release intact and in effect and the unpaid remainder, if any, of the $2,000 fine.
Fermin Serna – Rio Grande City, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance (Southern District of Texas).
Phrase: 240 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release (November 9, 2007).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on August 24, 2022, leaving the term of 10 years of supervised release intact and in force.
James Darrell Walker – Lubbock, Texas
Offense: Distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (Northern District of Texas).
Phrase: 327 months in prison, five years of supervised release (August 21, 2006); amended to 262 months in prison, five years supervised release (June 9, 2016).
commutation concession: Sentence commuted to expire on April 26, 2023, leaving the rest to be served in home confinement, leaving the term of five years of supervised release intact and in force.
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