{"id":5767,"date":"2016-10-24T19:54:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:24:29","slug":"can-business-insider-clemency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/can-business-insider-clemency\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN-DO in Business Insider October 23, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;The pace is only getting more frenzied as Obama&#8217;s last day in office approaches, said Amy Povah, the founder of CAN-DO, a nonprofit that advocates for clemency applicants. CAN-DO communicates daily with hundreds of inmates and their family members regarding their petitions, according to Povah, who herself was granted a commutation by President Bill Clinton in 2000.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;The pressure is incredible, and it&#8217;s increasing exponentially,&#8221; she told Business Insider. &#8220;People are starting to panic.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/thousands-of-prisoners-are-waiting-for-president-obama-to-grant-clemency-2016-10\">Read the entire article at Business Insider.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/thousands-of-prisoners-are-waiting-for-president-obama-to-grant-clemency-2016-10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-1-1024x942.png\" alt=\"biz-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-1-1024x942.png 1024w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-1-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-1-768x707.png 768w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-1.png 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Povah, who recently spoke about her clemency in the documentary &#8220;Incarcerating US,&#8221; said it&#8217;s unfathomable that so few women have been granted clemency by Obama.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read the entire article:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/obama-not-granting-many-women-clemency-2016-9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-2-1017x1024.png\" alt=\"biz-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-2-1017x1024.png 1017w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-2-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-2-768x773.png 768w, https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Biz-2.png 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;The pace is only getting more frenzied as Obama&#8217;s last day in office approaches, said Amy Povah, the founder of CAN-DO, a nonprofit that advocates for clemency applicants. 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