CAN-DO has launched a new change.org petition seeking clemency from Governor Brown for prisoners who risk life and limb to save the lives and homes of other California residents. We are thrilled to see it gaining so much momentum because these prisoners deserve to be rewarded for their heroic acts. We predict to hit 50K…
Name: Clothera White-Peak #18114-018 DOB: 3/13/ Race: African American Marital Status: Recently Divorced Age: 49 Children: 1 son age 28 (7 at time of my incarceration) Charges: Conspiracy to commit carjacking, to PWITD cocaine, (924(c)), obstruction of interstate commerce Sentence: Life + 25 years Served: 26 years Sentenced: April 1995 Priors: First Offense Prison conduct: Exemplary prison…
The CAN-DO Foundation believes that incarcerated female firefighters should receive clemency from Governor Brown for displaying extraordinary character in the face of dire circumstances. Rehabilitation has long been an incentive to reduce a prison sentence and we can see no better opportunity than this, to set an example by rewarding these women with their freedom…
Maurenne Griese is the Program Director over the CAN-DO Guardian Angel program. Since the program’s launch, she has advocated for multiple clemency petitioners. Several of those petitioners received clemency from President Barack Obama during his last year in office. Maurenne will oversee the pairing of Guardian Angels to people in prison seeking an Angel; posting…
Andrea James, founder of Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) together with many formerly incarcerated women helped spearhead the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act of 2017. Andrea polled numerous women from the National Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, (The Council) an organization she co-founded who’s members include a long list of…
Twice in recent years, chemists used by the state of Massachusetts to test drugs in criminal cases committed massive misconduct in their testing, affecting tens of thousands of cases. And twice, prosecutors in Massachusetts failed to act promptly to notify most defendants of the problem. Instead, the prosecutors have taken years to seek justice…