{"id":8372,"date":"2018-04-10T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2022-08-19T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:08:59","slug":"santra-rucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/santra-rucker\/","title":{"rendered":"Santra Rucker – 13 life sentences reduced to 23 years – NOW FREE!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nName:<\/strong> Santra Rucker #34932-083
\nAge<\/strong>\u00a053
\nRace:<\/strong> Indigenous Black Woman
\nChildren:<\/strong>\u00a0Daughter – Kyndia Riley
\nRaised:<\/strong> Republic State of Maryland
\nTried:<\/strong> Commonwealth of Virginia (Richmond)
\nWill live:<\/strong> Maryland
\nCharges:<\/strong> Conspiracy with intent to distribute 50 grams (Title 21 USC 846) & Title 21 USC 841 Intent to distribute 50 grams or more
\nSentence:<\/strong> 13 Life Sentences (life on 13 counts of conviction), and a sentence of 5 years probation) now reduced to 23 years
\nSentenced:<\/strong> January 27, 1999
\nRelease date:<\/strong> 3\/14\/2022
\nServed:<\/strong> 21 years
\nPriors:<\/strong> State charges over 31 years ago
\nPrison conduct:<\/strong> Excellent
\nInstitution:<\/strong> Federal Camp Alderson
\nClemency status:<\/strong>\u00a0Pending<\/strong>\u00a0since the Obama administration case: #C274869
\nAccomplishments:<\/strong> Classes Completed:<\/p>\n

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Santra with her first daughter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graduated Culinary
\nLeft Danbury to help open the Hazelton Women’s facility.
\nCooked for the officers and staff events, until the Institution opened a Culinary class. \u00a0Transferred back to Danbury to work as a Culinary Assistant
\nCompleted an Apprenticeship in Culinary arts.
\nCertified in Culinary Arts.
\nSantra’s true love is to:\u00a0\u00a0Decorate and Design Foods, Cook International Foods, Food Presentation, Explore new Culinary Cuisines, Ice Sculpturing, Baking, and Decorating Cakes.
\nTeaches the Art of Culinary.
\nUnicorn Blue Printing Class
\nPlanting\/Landscaping
\nKnitting
\nCrocheting,
\nNumerous Exercise classes
\nMicrosoft Basics<\/p>\n

After meeting over 54 different nationalities at Danbury, cultures, traditions, religion became quite interesting to Santra. \u00a0She traveled through religious services to learn about all religions, hoping to acquire the knowledge and respect of each because, she believes each path leads back to God.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/vimeo.com\/197201268<\/p>\n

According to Santra:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last 20 years I have lost my mother, and in 2017 I lost one daughter, Maghan who suffered from cerebral palsy. \u00a0This was the worst part of my punishment, because it cuts deep into the layers of your soul when you can’t be there for someone you love when they are ill and\/or on their deathbed.<\/p>\n

\"\"The majority of my time was invested in learning the law. Knowing I wouldn\u2019t be able to afford an attorney. I also took Business Management Classes along with pretty much all other classes being offered.\u00a0\u00a0My goal was to get home to my daughters because my parents were elderly. At times I felt like I was going crazy being separated from parents and my children, the reality was while my demeanor said I was happy and kept a positive attitude, I was so sad inside. Two prisoners, Cheryl Ward and Yvette Eastwood would always encourage me by saying, \u201cSantra you are going home, you\u2019re not going to do that time!”\u00a0\u00a0I held on to those voices when I was down and out because they believed in what I was hoping and fighting for. The times I would file motions and be denied by the court, I would believe that I wasn\u2019t going to make it home. I have a love for doing law work\u2026having learned to understand law while working on my own case it was only fitting that I help the other women also. I have helped with criminal, civil, family law and even tax court. I studied and learned every type of law, from Common Law, Bankruptcy Court, Civil law, Criminal Law, Maritime\/Admiralty Law, Tax court, Family court, International Law.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I have helped prisoners with Child Support cases, Restitution and Deportation.\u00a0\u00a0I learned the law from watching Cheryl Ward, Vicki Rosepiler and Karen Bivens when they were the Law Library Clerks.\u00a0\u00a0I would borrow Vicki’s paralegal books and any used law books to study from because I could not afford the course.\u00a0\u00a0At a later date, I took Black Stone’s Law Studies.<\/p>\n

If I’m granted Clemency I hope to raise enough money to open a carry-out restaurant because I’m a great cook and I miss cooking. I want to cook up a storm when I come home. \u00a0I took culinary classes at FCI Danbury and we specialized in bakery goods. \u00a0I want to love my daughter, Kyndia, unconditionally; to go shopping together, to become a giant in my families eyes, and heal the pain of separation for the past 20 years. \u00a0Clemency is an opportunity to live my life in such a way that is remarkable, so I can prove to myself and society that I deserve a second chance. I want to create a life where my remarkable character can be shining through at all times and that the power God is made manifest through me. I will also be speaking publicly about issues related to women in prison.<\/p>\n

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Santra’s daughter Kyndia Riley has spoken on many panels about her mothers incarceration, including at Yale University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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