Alejandro Garcia Salinas – 30 years for drug conspiracy

Name: Alejandro Garcia Salinas, Reg. #21764-279 DOB: June 20, 1981 Race: Hispanic Raised: Texas Tried:  Northern District of Texas Will live: Fort Worth Texas if not deported.  If deported, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana & Cocaine. (21 USC § 841(b)(1)(A) & § 846) Trial or plea: Plead Guilty. Sentenced on: December 15, 2012 Priors: Minor traffic violations Prison Conduct: Exemplary, few minor…

CAN-DO and Rachel Hanson in Wall Street Journal on Biden’s clemency spree
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CAN-DO and Rachel Hanson in Wall Street Journal on Biden’s clemency spree

By Sadie Gurman Updated Apr. 26, 2022 12:17 pm E WASHINGTON—President Biden on Tuesday granted his first pardons and commutations to 78     people convicted mostly of nonviolent drug offenses, part of a broader White House effort to address inequities in the criminal-justice system. Mr. Biden is issuing pardons to three people and reducing…

CAN-DO pot prisoners in New York Post for 420
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CAN-DO pot prisoners in New York Post for 420

  Huge thanks to Steven Nelson who quoted many of our pot prisoners in the following article, including, Pedro Moreno, Luke Scarmazzo, Donald Fugitt, Lance Gloor, and Michael Pelletier       WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 4/20 cannabis holiday, federal inmates again are wondering if and when President Biden will make good…

Clemency for 75 individuals + 3 Pardons from President Joe Biden
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Clemency for 75 individuals + 3 Pardons from President Joe Biden

Clemency Recipient List APRIL 26, 2022•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency to 78 individuals, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following three individuals: Abraham W. Bolden, Sr. – Chicago, Illinois Abraham Bolden is an 86-year-old former U.S. Secret Service agent…

Jose Cavazos – 1st offender – 9 years for marijuana- Out on CARES Act

Name: Jose Cavazos, Reg. #48293-177 DOB: June 21, 1963 Race: Hispanic Raised: Abilene, Texas Tried:  Northern District of Texas Will live: Amarillo, Texas Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 200-400 Kilos Marijuana Trial or plea: Went to Trial. Sentenced on: June 2015 Served: 5 years – CARES Act Recipient – been on Home Confinement since May 6, 2020. Priors: First Offender. Prison Conduct: Exemplary, no incident reports,…

Travis Longoria – 10 years for Marijuana
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Travis Longoria – 10 years for Marijuana

Name: Travis Longoria, Reg. #48463-177 DOB: June 19, 1992 Race: Hispanic Raised: Brownfield, Texas Tried:  Northern District of Texas Will live: Brownfield, Texas Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 200-400 Kilos Marijuana (21 USC § 841(1)(1) & § 846) Trial or plea: Went to Trial. Sentenced on: June 9, 2015 Priors: Minor traffic violations Prison Conduct: Exemplary, no incident reports, starting to program as he has…

NBC covers CARES Act cases and Clemency
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NBC covers CARES Act cases and Clemency

Sept. 12, 2021, 6:37 AM PDT / Updated Sept. 13, 2021, 9:02 AM PDT By Patrice Gaines Brian Foster was released from prison nearly a year ago under the CARES Act, a government policy that prioritized the use of home confinement as an appropriate way to release some incarcerated people as Covid-19 roared through facilities. When Foster, 54,…

Politico Breaks Story about Biden’s CARES Act Clemency Effort
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Politico Breaks Story about Biden’s CARES Act Clemency Effort

      By SAM STEIN 09/13/2021 01:17 PM EDT The Biden administration has begun asking former inmates confined at home because of the pandemic to formally submit commutation applications, criminal justice reform advocates and one inmate herself tell POLITICO. Those who have been asked for the applications fall into a specific category: drug offenders…

Detra Pate – 10 years
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Detra Pate – 10 years

Name: Detra Wiley Pate #22511-021 DOB: 11/16/1964 Race: White Marital Status: Married Age: 56 Children: 2 Grandchildren: none State where you are from: Georgia State indicted:  Georgia Trial or pled guilty: Trial Charges: Healthcare Fraud Length of Sentence: 10 years Served:  2 years Started Sentence on: Imprisoned since August 2019 Release date:  03/17/2028 Priors:  First Time Offender Restitution: $950,000.00 Paid in Full Prison Conduct: …