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Alexander Bennett Sheppard

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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Alexander Bennett Sheppard is a Powell, Ohio man convicted of a felony January 6 obstruction charge later reached by clemency. He was 23 when his case went to trial. (FACT: DOJ) We keep the record straight: a jury found Sheppard guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, along with four misdemeanor counts covering entry, disorderly conduct, and parading. The same jury acquitted him on one count, entering or remaining on the floor of Congress, meaning the jurors weighed the evidence count by count rather than convicting across the board. (FACT: DOJ) He was sentenced to 19 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and $3,170 in restitution and fines. (FACT: DOJ; NBC4 Columbus) Context worth knowing for anyone searching his name and his sentence: the felony obstruction statute used against Sheppard and hundreds of other January 6 defendants was later narrowed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fischer v. United States (June 2024), a ruling that reshaped how prosecutors could use that specific charge going forward, and that came after his conviction and sentence were already final. Sheppard was 21 at the time of the riot, among the youngest defendants in this archive, and 23 by the time a jury reached its verdict two years later. WHERE THINGS STAND: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency to January 6 defendants, covering Alexander Sheppard. He is no longer serving the sentence handed down at trial. (FACT) CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-203, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Arrested February 23, 2021. Indicted March 12, 2021. Pleaded not guilty; status conference set 9/17/21. Convicted at trial; sentenced January 26, 2023, to 19 months in prison, 24 months supervised release, $3,170 restitution and fines. Clemency granted January 20, 2025. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.