{"id":7799,"date":"2017-08-31T01:02:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T06:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2022-10-09T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T20:17:34","slug":"conspiracy-law-dont-know-can-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/conspiracy-law-dont-know-can-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conspiracy Law &#8211; What you don&#8217;t know can hurt you&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAN-DO Founder, Amy Ralston Povah got more time than her kingpin husband or anyone in his entire entire organization of smugglers and dealers even though she was the least culpable. \u00a0It&#8217;s convoluted and hard to believe, which is why we&#8217;ve created a video\u00a0using clips dating back to the 90s, from Court TV, Montel Williams and other media sources that covered Amy&#8217;s story, which sparked public outcry that resulted in a commutation of her sentence by President Clinton on July 7, 2000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Conspiracy Law - Guilt by Association\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddDLXlGLA6I?start=11&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When Amy started the CAN-DO Foundation, it had a 2 prong mission.<\/p>\n<p>1 To educate the public about the conspiracy law<br \/>\n2. Identify victims of the conspiracy law that are seeking \u2018justice through clemency\u2019 and advocate for them.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re very disturbed that Jeff Sessions is misleading the public by saying there are &#8220;no low level drug offenders&#8221; in federal custody. Most federal prisoners serving 10 years to life were charged with conspiracy and the least guilty typically do not get a deal because those with the most information, facing the longest sentences are quick to cut a deal and are favored by the prosecution.\u00a0&#8220;First in-first out&#8221; is a common saying among those who understand the world of plea bargains because the first to cut a deal, get the best deal.<\/p>\n<p>Amy is determined to expose what she often calls, &#8220;the best kept secret in the nation.&#8221; \u00a0Did you know that no tangible evidence is required to convict someone for a drug conspiracy case? \u00a0Only the word of a cooperating co-conspirator desperate to minimize their own prison sentence is necessary to convict a person indicted for conspiracy. \u00a0Even worse, once convicted, a defendant&#8217;s time is often based on the amount of drugs that cooperating witnesses claims were involved in the entire scope of the conspiracy. \u00a0This is called &#8220;ghost dope,&#8221; because no drugs were ever seized. \u00a0 Amy learned about the conspiracy law the hard way and if her efforts will help others escape a similar demise, her incarceration was not in vain.<\/p>\n<p>If you are still skeptical about the details of Amy&#8217;s case, please review the following affidavits provided by several co-conspirators that Amy submitted in her final appeal from almost all of the major participants in her case such as: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/affidavit-sandy.pdf\">Affidavit of Charles \u201cSandy\u201d Pofahl<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/affidavit-key.pdf\">Affidavit of Dr. Key<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/affidavit_blackburn.pdf\">Affidavit of Tom Blackburn<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Affidavit-bernard.pdf\">First Affidavit of Daniel Bernard<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/affidavit-bernard-2.pdf\">Second Affidavit of Daniel Bernard<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/affidavit-williams.pdf\">Affidavit of Jerry Williamson<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/affidavit-cowles.pdf\">Affidavit of Cliff Cowles<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more Op Eds, videos, stories about the conspiracy law and why we believe it&#8217;s important that everyone learns the truth about how drug cases are prosecuted because what you don&#8217;t know can hurt you.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/can-dos-founder\/\">Amy Povah by going to our CAN-DO Founder page.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAN-DO Founder, Amy Ralston Povah got more time than her kingpin husband or anyone in his entire entire 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