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Welcome to CAN-DO: Justice Through Clemency
CAN–DO is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit foundation that advocates [C]lemency for [A]ll [N]on-violent [D]rug [O]ffenders. These are the faces of the drug war. Behind every face is a human with a story. Overly punitive drug laws create negative consequences that trigger a chain reaction upon innocent family members, friends and our society. Most of these people have been locked up for decades. Until our drug laws change, the only relief these people have for mercy is clemency.
Clemency for Tim Tyler – Life Without Parole Received CLEMENCY on 8-30!!!!
Message from Tim: At 3:19 pm on 8-30-16 Hi, I was just called to the office and talked to Professor Ogilvy at the Catholic University. He informed me that I received clemency today. It will be a two year release date with a condition that I do a drug class for 9 months but after…
Amy Povah in Reason Magazine on Drug Conspiracy Cases
Amy Povah started CAN-DO to not only promote and spotlight people seeking clemency, she included her desire to educate the public about the conspiracy law in the CAN-DO mission statement. It hasn’t been easy because reporters typically have never heard about it and/or don’t understand it enough to want to research it thoroughly. Conspiracy to…
Walter Johnson – Winner of EPIC “Meaning of Father’s Day” contest
Malik King – Founder of EPIC (End Prison Industrial Complex) conducted a contest among the male prisoners he corresponds with and asked them to write what Father’s Day meant to them. Congratulations to Walter Tut Johnson, Maurice Navarro Brooks and Vincent Lee Twiggs FIRST PLACE WINNER – $25 prize What Does Father’s Dat Mean To…
Malik King – Prison Outreach Coordinator
Malik King was born in 1964 in Manhattan, New York; grew up in Queens and moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1982 to attend Morehouse College. He received a degree in Business Administration/Computer Science in 1987. Growing up in New York, Malik had a diverse group of friends, some of whom friends got caught up in…