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Escambia County, News, Pensacola

Stephanie George gets sentence commuted by Obama

Rick Outzen December 19, 2013

Pensacola native Stephanie George was sentenced in 1997 to a mandatory life sentence when police found drugs in a lockbox in her attic. The drugs were her ex-boyfriend’s who testified against her and got out of jail six years ago. The New York Times wrote about her case. Read more.

Today President Barack Obama commuted her prison sentence to expire on April 17, 2014.

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”