Anrica Caldwell knows all too well what it’s like to stress over the clemency lottery each time the list is released by the White House. She shares her emotions in an Op Ed, relatable to thousands who also have a loved one in federal prison, waiting to learn whether they will be one of the lucky few to receive mercy in the form of a commutation of sentence by President Obama. Read her story in The Influence
Formerly #11 on CAN-DO’s Top 25 List of Women Who Deserve Clemency CONGRATULATIONS TO MARY – who walked out of prison on June 23rd after serving all of a very harsh 30-year sentence. Mary was given a bus ticket and arrived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where she is now staying in a half-way house. “We’ve…
Congrats to Larry who is now home! Name: Larry Eugene Cason, Jr DOB: March 2,1976 Marital Status: Single Children: 2 (daughters) State raised: North Carolina State Indicted: North Carolina Charge: Possession with intent to distribute Sentence: 20 years imprisonment and 10 years supervised release Served: 15 years Sentence started: December 10,2002 Priors: One prior possesion…
I don’t have any fines so if I am fortunate enough to receive clemency, I will not be in debt and will have the support of my family to assist me with re-entry, and rebuilding my life anew. I yearn to participate in making not only my life but the lives of everyone I touch better because I will never take freedom and all its luxuries for granted. I will embrace every day as if it is a blessing.
In 2007, Ferrell Scott was sentenced to life in prison, without parole, for possessing and conspiring to sell marijuana. Scott had no priors and has had perfect prison conduct. Yet when he appealed to President Obama for clemency, he was denied. The father of three was beside himself when he received the news, said…
This Father’s Day, please pause to reflect upon the fathers in prison, or those who might be a father, if they were not in prison. It’s time to bring our POWs home. Life for pot is a disgrace upon the principles in which this country was founded. We are supposed to be intelligent humanitarians. Lets…
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…