Karen Dickson-Morrison was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She moved to the Bronx, New York in 1977 and has been a resident of Virginia for 30 years. Karen graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary and Middle School Education. She earned a master’s degree in Instruction and Curriculum from the University of…
Name: Keenin Dewberry DOB: 3-9-1980 Age: 42 Race: African American Raised: Kansas City Tried: Western District Of Kansas Charges: Count 1 Conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine; Count 2 Conspiracy to distribute 5 kilos or more Trial or plea: Trial Sentence: 20 years Sentenced on: January 27, 2014 Served: 5 years Priors: 2008 marijuana…
Name: Anthony Leo Stutson Age: 64 Race: African American Raised: Birmingham Alabama left at 13 years old and reside in Pomona California Tried in: Northern District of Birmingham Alabama Trial/plea: Exorcised 6th Amend right to a trial. Will live: San Bernardino California Sentenced on: July 5, 1994 Sentence:Life without parole Served: 26 years Clemency Status: Clemency was…
Morning of June 6, 2018, CAN-DO President, Amy Povah said her phone was blowing up with text messages to “turn on CNN.” The night before Amy had communicated with Alice that her release was imminent; even likely it would happen in six days on June 12th, but this was Wednesday and CNN was reporting that…
CANDO’s first podcast, hosted by Amy Povah and Luis Rivera welcomes Cedric Lamont Deal, who received an immediate release last November. In our first show, Cedric explains how he lost his half-way house date, but then was rewarded with the ultimate surprise…tune in to find out what Cedric is up to, as a free man….
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: Bobbi Jo Wing D.O.B: April 12th, 1980 Race: Native American Marital Status: Married Age: 36 Children: none Grandchildren: none State Raised: Montana State Charged: Montana Will release: Billings, Montana Charge: First Degree Murder Sentence: Mandatory Minimum Life sentence without the possibility of parole Served to date: 11 yrs. Started Sentence: October 2005 Priors: None…
Name: Elda Sanjuanita Olivarez Regalado #80948-079 DOB: 08/17/1961 Born: Rio Grande City, Texas Race: White Hispanic Marital Status: Divorced Age: 55 Children: 5 Grandkids: 6 Living Parent: Mother: Elvia M. Olivarez age 89 State raised: Texas State charged: Texas Southern District of Texas (Houston Division) Will release: Rio Grande City, Texas Charge: Conspiracy to 50 grams…
Nothing makes all of us at CAN-DO happier than the moment when we learn someone we advocated for is given the greatest news of their life – that they are “going home.” People like Dicky “Joe” Jackson, who was #5 on the CAN-DO Top 25 men. Even more exciting are the phone calls we receive…
Name: Rosalie Garcia DOB: 11-11-51 Race: Puerto rican Maritial status: single Age: 65 Children: 5 Grandchildren: 4 State Raised: Puerto Rico State charged: New York Will live: NYC Charge: conspiracy to murder, selling drugs and rackettering Sentence: life Served to date: about 16 years Started sentence: 2001 Priors: none Prison conduct: excellent no incident reports,…