Trump commutes sentence of drug kingpin behind killing of Syracuse cop Wallie Howard
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
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Syracuse, N.Y. President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Jaime A. Davidson, who has served nearly 29 years in prison for his role in the 1990 murder of Syracuse police officer Wallie Howard Jr.
Davidson was the leader of a New York City-based drug ring that also included Robert “Bam-Bam” Lawrence. Lawrence was acting under Davidson’s orders when he shot Howard in the head during a botched robbery over $42,000.
Howard, 31, was working undercover for the Central New York Drug Enforcement Task Force at the time and arranged to purchase two kilograms of cocaine in the parking lot of a South Salina Street grocery store.
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Updated Jan 20, 2021;
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President Donald Trump s former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)AP
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Just before leaving office Wednesday, President Donald Trump approved a slew of clemency decisions, including an array of convicted friends, political aides, rap performers, ex-members of Congress and financial fraudsters.
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John Duncan in his office at the U.S. Attorney s Office in Syracuse in June 2015, shortly before his retirement.John O Brien
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Syracuse, NY The federal prosecutor who sent a drug kingpin to prison for orchestrating the murder of a Syracuse police officer expressed outrage Wednesday at President Trump’s surprise decision to release him from a life sentence.
“I’m kind of outraged that President Trump has granted him a commutation,” said retired Assistant U.S. Attorney John Duncan, a Republican who handled the trial personally.