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President Obama’s Last Birthday Bash As POTUS Was Star Studded
President’s birthday party, Sarah Jessica Parker, Magic, Ellen DeGeneres and Pusha T.
President’s star-studded b-day party. Magic and Cookie John- son and Samuel L. Jackson and his wife, LaTanya Richardson.
President Has Blessed Denver Bronco Star Twice With Commuted Sentences
President Obama cele- brated his 55th birthday with a star-studded bash thrown by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House Friday (Aug. 5) night.
Beyonce, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Oprah Winfrey, Magic and Cookie Johnson, Ellen De- Generes, Rev. and Mrs. Al Sharpton, Stevie Wonder, Chance the Rapper (and his brother Taylor Bennett),
Grant and Tamia Hill and Pusha T were among the guests.
According to USA Today the White House would only confirm that there would be a “large number of family mem- bers and friends to mark the occasion.”
There was likely a no phones policy inside (like pre- vious years), but pre-bash photos are floating around so- cial media.
Toddrick Onterio Franklin – convicted in March 2003 to 25 years in federal prison on co- caine distribution and other charges. To be released Decem- ber 1st.
Eric L. Lemon – sentenced to 15 years on charges of conspir- acy to distribute cocaine and other charges. To be released December 1st.
Donyelle Childs – sentenced to 21 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine and other charges. His sentence was reduced to 15 years.
Joshua Boyer – sentenced in November 2001 to 24 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and other charges. To be released August 3, 2018 and enrolled in a resi- dential drug treatment program.
Steven Hardy – sentenced in November 2005 to life in prison for conspiracy to distribute co- caine and other charges. To be released December 1st.
Torey A. McKay – sentenced to 22 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. To be released December 1st.
President Barack Obama has commuted the sentences of 562 federal in- mates during his eight years as commander-in-chief. Two of those inmates were people very dear to the heart of Den- ver Broncos wide receiver De-
maryius Thomas.
When Thomas was very
young, both his mother and grandmother were arrested on drug related offenses and sen- tenced to time in prison. Last year, the President par- doned the 20-year sentence of Thomas’ mother, Katina Smith, five years shy of its deadline, and on Wednesday (Aug. 3) the President has made it so that Thomas’ grandmother, Minnie Pearl Thomas, will also be coming home early, making their fam- ily once again complete.
“I don’t really know what to say,” Thomas said. “I just want to talk to my granny. I haven’t talked to her in a cou- ple weeks. I’m excited for her.
Demaryius Thomas and his Mom, who was released in time to at- tend super bowl.
Demaryius Thomas visits his grandmother, Minnie Pearl Thomas in prison. She will be released in December.
The six inmates from the Tampa Bay area are:
She was sad when mom left. She used to cry when she was in there by herself. I’m just ex- cited for her, and I want to thank the President for all that he’s done for her and everybody else.”
Reportedly, Minne Pearl
Thomas was serving double life sentences for her involve- ment in a drug trafficking case in Georgia in the late 90s. President Obama’s com- mutation has made it so that she will be released on De- cember 1, 2016.
President Obama Commutes Sentences Of 214 Inmates, 6 From Tampa Bay Area
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama shortened the sentences of 214 federal inmates, six of them from the Tampa Bay area. It was the most commutations granted in a single day in more than a century. This was the President’s fourth announcement of commutations this year.
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