Among the 214 sentences President Obama commuted yesterday were the following three EDCA defendants who had been convicted of drug trafficking offenses:
1) Jose Luis Buenrostro, Stockton, CA--1997 life sentence commuted to 360 months imprisonment;
2) Francisco Olivera, Modesto, CA--372 months, 1998 sentence commuted to 288 months imprisonment; and
3) Thomas R. Ross, Fairfield, CA--240 month sentence imposed in 2001 commuted to a sentence to expire on September 2, 2016.