Author: Amy Ralston

Amy Ralston Povah is a clemency recipient under President Clinton, an award winning filmmaker, and founder of the CAN-DO Foundation.

Daniel Longoria – 1st offense – 30 Years for Marijuana!

Name: Daniel Longoria, Reg. #48291-177
DOB: November 20
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Brownfield, Texas
Tried:  Northern District of Texas
Will live: Brownfield, Texas
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 200-400 Kilos Marijuana (21 USC § 841(1)(1) & § 846)
Trial or plea: Went … Read the rest

Joseph Akers – 16.5 Years for CONSPIRACY to Distribute Marijuana & Money Laundering

Name: Joseph Akers, Reg. #65108-066
DOB: July 29
Race: Black/Muslim
Raised: North Philadelphia, PA
Tried:  Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Will live: Limerick, PA
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana (21 USC § 841(a)(1)(A)); Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering (18 USC 1956)… Read the rest

Blake Stover – 60 years – meth and powder cocaine.

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Please sign Blake’s petition on change.org

Name: Blake Hankins Stover #14586064
DOB: 9/8/1960
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
Age: 63
Children: One
Charge: Conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, in excess of 50 grams of methamphetamine, … Read the rest

Salvador Martinez – 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams of Methamphetamine

Name: Salvador Martinez, Reg. #46749-177
DOB: August 19
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Dallas, Texas
Tried:  Northern District of Texas
Will live: Grand Prairie, TX
Charges: 21 USC 846, 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(A) – Conspiracy to possess 500 grams of meth, with intent … Read the rest

Cornelius Berry – 15 Years for Marijuana Conspiracy

Name: Cornelius Lynn Berry, Reg. #26251-078
DOB: March 31
Race: Black
Raised: Tyler, Texas
Tried:  Eastern District of Texas
Will live: Desoto, Texas
Charges: 21 USC 846-Conspiracy to Possess & Distribute Marijuana.
Trial or plea: Guilty Plea
Sentenced on: January … Read the rest

Robert J. Thomas – 20 Years for Possession with intent to Distribute Marijuana & Marijuana Plants

Name: Robert Thomas, Reg. #10523-027

DOB: July 16

Race: White
Raised: South Bend, Indiana

Tried:  Northern District of Indiana

Will live: Sevierville, TN.
Charges: Possession with intent to Distribute Marijuana & Possession with intent to Distribute in excess of 100 … Read the rest

Shawn Leo Barth – 26.8 Years for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

Name: Shawn Leo Barth, Reg. #08470-059
DOB: December 13, 1970.
Race: White.
Raised: Bismarck, ND.
Tried:  District of North Dakota.
Will live: Mandan, ND.
Charges: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine – (21 USC § 841(a)(1) & 846; … Read the rest

Wayne Pray – LIFE for drug related charges

Name: Wayne Pray
Race: African American
Marital Status: Married
Age: 76 years old
Children: 13

  • State raised: Newark, New Jersey
  • State indicted: Newark, New Jersey
  • Will release: New Jersey.
  • Charges: Violating 21USC 848 (b) and (a) 21 USC 960 and
Read the rest

Dr. Johnny Trotter – First Offender – 15 years

 Name: Johnny Ray Trotter
DOB:  June 18, 1975
Age: 45
Race: African American
Raised: Bloomfield, Michigan
Will live: Bloomfield, Michigan
Indicted: May 8, 2014 in the Eastern District of Michigan
Trial or plea: Went to trial
Charge: Count 1 Health … Read the rest

Travis Longoria – 10 Years for Marijuana Conspiracy

Name: Travis Longoria, Reg. #48463-177
DOB: June 19
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Brownfield, Texas
Tried:  Northern District of Texas
Will live: Brownfield, Texas
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute 200-400 Kilos Marijuana (21 USC § 841(1)(1) & § 846)
Trial or plea: Went … Read the rest

Andrew Wayne Landells – 15 Years for Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments

Name: Andrew Wayne Landells, Reg. #68432-308.
DOB: February 4, 1967.
Race: Black.
Raised: Kingston, Jamaica.
Tried:  Eastern District of North Carolina.
Will live: If not deported back to Jamaica, he will live with his wife in Florida.
Charges: Conspiracy to … Read the rest

Alejandro Garcia Salinas – 30 years for a Nonviolent Drug Conspiracy

Name: Alejandro Garcia Salinas, Reg. #21764-279
DOB: June 20
Race: Hispanic
Raised: Texas
Tried:  Northern District of Texas
Will live: Fort Worth Texas if not deported.  If deported, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana & Cocaine. (21 USC … Read the rest

Charles Scott – 51 years

Sign and share Charles’s Change petition seeking support for clemency:

charles-scott_fullName: Charles Scott #05917-028
Race: African American
Marital Status: Single
Age: 46
Children: 1 daughter
Grandchildren: 1 grandson
State raised: Indiana
State charged: Indiana
Will release: Indianapolis, Indiana
Charge: Conspiracy … Read the rest

Ismael Lira – Life for pot

Please sign Ismael Lira’s change.org petition

Name: Ismael Lira #45946-180
Age: 44
Race: American. Mom Was Born in Del Rio, Dad in Mexico.
Raised: Texas
Tried: Texas
Will live: Del Rio
Charged: Conspiracy
Sentence: Life without parole
Sentenced on: October … Read the rest

CAN-DO and Rachel Hanson in Wall Street Journal on Biden’s clemency spree

WASHINGTON—President Biden on Tuesday granted his first pardons and commutations to 78     people convicted mostly of nonviolent drug offenses, part of a broader White House effort to address inequities in … Read the rest

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