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Trump Commutes Sentence Of Dallas Man Ferrell Scott Who Got Life Without Parole For Pot
The father of three from Dallas was charged with transporting shipments of marijuana in 2007.

January 20, 2021
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – He served more than a decade of a life sentence for a third-strike marijuana charge, now Ferrell D. Scott could leave prison thanks to a last-minute commutation from outgoing President Donald Trump.
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The father of three from Dallas was charged with transporting shipments of marijuana in 2007. One of his co-defendants received 20 years in prison and the rest of the men involved were sentenced to less than 7 years.
But Scott received a mandatory life sentence.
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