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Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Linda Lee Byrnes – 68415-079\nDOB:<\/strong> 7\/6\/46
\nRace:<\/strong> White
\nMarital Status:<\/strong> Single
\nState Linda is from:<\/strong> Michigan
\nState charged:<\/strong> Michigan
\nWhere will you release to:<\/strong> Rodney, Michigan
\nChildren:<\/strong> 2 children and\u00a03 grandchildren
\nCharge:<\/strong> Conspiracy to distribute marijuana
\nState you are from:<\/strong> Michigan
\nState charged:<\/strong> Michigan
\nWhere will you release:<\/strong> Rodney, Michigan
\nSentence:<\/strong> 27 years, 9 months
\nSentence began:<\/strong> 8-4-1995
\nServed:<\/strong>\u00a022 years
\nPriors: <\/strong>Marijuana possession
\nPrison Conduct: <\/strong>Excellent
\nHealth:<\/strong> Recently diagnosed with tongue cancer – was transferred to Carswell to being chemo in April 2016.
\nAchievements:<\/strong>
\nRDAP 500 hour drug program Dec. 15 1997-` Dec. 16, 1998,
\nOne year after-care,
\nTook Opticial Lens and was certified to make\u00a0eye glasses for 41 prisons in the state of Virginia…housed in Fluvanna, Virginia through the\u00a0BOP.
\nDozens of Computer classes, resume writing, cross stitched classes, knitting classes, rec classes, spiritual classes, pre-release classes,\u00a0drug programs, parenting, and many more programs.
\nInstitution:<\/strong> FPC Alderson, Alderson, West Virginia..
\nClemency Status:<\/strong>\u00a0Submitted on 8-24-2014 – pending
\nSupporters:<\/strong> CAN-DO, the LOHM, Families for Justice as Healing, Crack Open the Door, Tracie Gloor Pike, family and friends.
\nMedia:<\/strong>\u00a0Read about Linda\u2019s Compassionate release in Truth Out; by Victoria Law Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release<\/a><\/p>\n
According to Linda:<\/strong><\/p>\n My son was involved in the marijuana trade and it is true that I hauled a shipment for him. When he got caught, they gave him immunity if he would testify against me – they wanted to seize all my property, including a house that he lived in that was in my name. \u00a0My son was young and scared so I can understand how they were able to manipulate him. \u00a0The real crime is that they made me and others out to be involved in a marijuana case that was based more on fantasy, than reality.<\/p>\n I had a prior conviction of marijuana in the state of North Carolina in 1993 and\u00a0that was used against me…giving me an extra 10 years. \u00a0My “civil rights” were restored on this conviction 6\/29\/94,\u00a0before I was charged federally…or before they searched my property on Nov. 4, 1994 and found John’s hunting guns in a safe in the house…I didn’t live there, but because the property was in my\u00a0name, I was charged.<\/p>\n I was one of 14 people indicted in a “conspiracy” case. Only three of us went to trial and the other 11 took plea bargains. \u00a0Regardless, I have almost served all my time, and when I am released, I will have the satisfaction of knowing that I did not put someone else in prison to save my own skin, like the codefendants in this case.<\/p>\n I am still waiting for the two point reduction…they are talking about giving me 22 months off, but I asked for time served\u00a0to Judge Quist.<\/p>\n Linda walked out of federal prison on April 13, 2017 and is now in\u00a0Kalamazoo Michigan! \u00a0Congratulations to Linda and her family – what a milestone! Name:\u00a0Linda Lee Byrnes – 68415-079 DOB: 7\/6\/46 Race: White Marital Status: Single State Linda is from: Michigan State charged: Michigan Where will you release to: Rodney, Michigan Children: 2 children…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-now-free","tag-can-do-foundation"],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/linda-11.jpg",438,439,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Amy Ralston Povah","author_link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/author\/candoamy\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"Now Free","slug":"now-free","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":192,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":192,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Now Free","category_nicename":"now-free","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":27,"name":"CAN-DO Foundation","slug":"can-do-foundation","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":461,"filter":"raw"}],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":5,"label":"Now Free"}],"post_tag":[{"value":27,"label":"CAN-DO Foundation"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14955,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions\/14955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Linda's](\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Lindas-daughter-300x236.jpg\")