Darrell J. Triplett, Sr. 30 years
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Darrell J. Triplett, Sr. 30 years

ByAmy Ralston Povah

Name: Darrell J. Triplett, Sr. #29658-044DOB: January 4, 1969Race: African AmericanMarital Status: Single Children: Darrell J. Triplett, Jr. (27) Darrene Jamelah Triplett (23)Grandchildren: Nyla Rey Triplett State raised: CaliforniaState indicted: Topeka, Kansas Will release to: Los Angeles, CATrial or pled guilty: Started trial then advised by Attorney to Plead Guilty to receive a lesser sentence.Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 5 kilos or more of Cocaine & Possession…

First Step Act recipient Catherine Toney goes to the White House
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First Step Act recipient Catherine Toney goes to the White House

ByAmy Ralston Povah

Catherine Toney has been profiled on the CAN-DO website for many years. We thought she would get clemency from the Obama administration because she not only met all the criteria of the Clemency Project 2014, she was assigned a CP14 attorney from Duke University who filed her petition, but sadly, she never received a response…

America’s Voice News covers the First Step Act
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America’s Voice News covers the First Step Act

ByAmy Ralston Povah

America’s Voice News interviewed Amy Ralston Povah, Angela Stanton King and Topeka Sam about the First Step Act and the long road ahead for criminal justice reform. Watch the interview on American Voice News The bill known as the First Step Act would take modest steps to reform the criminal justice system and ease very…

Celeste Monette Blair – 30 years
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Celeste Monette Blair – 30 years

ByAmy Ralston Povah

Name: Celeste Monette BlairRace: WhiteMarital status: DivorcedAge: 52Children: One son. One granddaughterBorn and raised: Jacksonville, FlaIndicted: Fort Worth,TexasWill release: San Diego, CA or Nashville, TN (depending on years served)Pled:  GuiltyCharges: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substanceSentence: 30 yearsServed: 7 yearsSentence started: July 19, 2015Release date: 2041Priors: Theft 1989 or 1990; a college prank; stole…