{"id":1935374,"date":"2023-05-22T02:57:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T06:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-whose-life-sentence-was-commuted-by-obama-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charges-police\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T03:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T07:00:02","slug":"man-whose-life-sentence-was-commuted-by-obama-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charges-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-whose-life-sentence-was-commuted-by-obama-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charges-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama commutation recipient arrested for attempted murder, say police."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-whose-life-sentence-was-commuted-by-obama-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charges-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Formerly Commuted Life Sentence Holder Charged with Attempted Murder<\/h2>\n<h3>A Chicago-area man whose federal life sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama has been charged with multiple attempted murder charges, according to law enforcement officials.<\/h3>\n<p>Illinois State Police announced that they had arrested and charged 54-year-old Alton D. Mills of Evergreen Park with three counts of Attempted Murder in connection with a shooting last week.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to an expressway shooting on May 14 on Interstate 57 and discovered that multiple rounds had been fired from the suspect\u2019s vehicle striking the victim\u2019s vehicle. \u201cThe back-seat passenger in the victim vehicle was struck by gunfire and was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries,\u201d police said in a statement. \u201cOn May 16, 2023, after an extensive investigation, the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office approved three counts of Attempted Murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mills is being held without bond. Police said no further information will be released.<\/p>\n<p>Mills was arrested in 1993 on federal charges for conspiracy \u201cto possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine and conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-coast-democrat-leaders-create-safe-haven-for-out-of-state-abortion-seekers\/\" title=\"West Coast Democrat Leaders Create \"Safe Haven\" for Out-of-State Abortion Seekers\">drug trafficking offenses<\/a>; use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts); [and] possession with intent to distribute cocaine base,\u201d Obama\u2019s Department of Justice said in a statement in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Due to previous drug convictions, Mills was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>Many top Democrats in Washington, D.C., including Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), championed Alton at the time. Durbin went as far as to give a speech about him on the Senate floor. \u201cAn overlooked casualty in our \u2018war on drugs\u2019 are the men and women who have been convicted under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-whose-life-sentence-was-commuted-by-obama-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charges-police\/\" title=\"Obama commutation recipient arrested for attempted murder, say police.\">disproportionately harsh mandatory minimum sentencing laws<\/a>,\u201d Durbin said. \u201cOne such man is Alton Mills, who served more than two decades of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">mandatory life sentence<\/a> for a nonviolent drug offense, a punishment even the sentencing judge disagreed with.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Alton D. Mills, whose life sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama, has been charged with three counts of Attempted Murder.<\/li>\n<li>Mills was arrested in 1993 on federal charges for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/li>\n<li>Many top Democrats, including Sens. Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren, championed Mills at the time of his commutation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shocking turn of events for Alton D. Mills, whose life sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama. Mills has been charged with three counts of Attempted Murder in connection with a shooting last week. This is not the first time Mills has been in trouble with the law. He was arrested in 1993 on federal charges for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Many top Democrats, including Sens. Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren, championed Mills at the time of his commutation. It remains to be seen how this latest development will affect his case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alton D. Mills, whose life sentence was commuted by Obama, has been charged with attempted murder. 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