Author: Amy Ralston Povah
Raquel Esquivel – 15 years for marijuana
Name: Raquel Esquivel
DOB: December 1, 1983
Race: White/Hispanic
Marital Status: Single
Age: 37
Children: 3 children and currently 6 months pregnant
State where you are from: Texas
State indicted: Texas
Will release to: Texas
Trial or pled guilty: Trial… Read the rest
Holly Frantzen – 16 years 8 months
Holly Frantzen #54447-177
DOB: 5/10/70
Race: White
Martial Status: Divorced
Age: 50
Children: 2
State where I am from: Texas
State indicted: Texas
Will release to: Kentucky
Trial or pled guilty: pled guilty
Charges: Conspiracy with intent to distribute a … Read the rest
Eric McCauley – serving 23 years for pot received Compassionate Release on 6/24/21
Name: Eric Scott McCauley… Read the rest
Chad Mouton – 25 years for pot
Chad Mouton #14244-035
Race: white
Married: yes
Age: 41 years old
Children: when married my wife had 2 daughters 2 and 3 yrs old. both in 20’s now. 2 step daughters. i biological daughter who was born after i was … Read the rest
Honoring Men in Prison on Father’s Day – Huffpost
This article was written in 2017. Most the men featured in the Huffpost tribute to men in prison for Father’s Day are NOW HOME, including but not limited to Michael Pelletier, Andy Cox, Tim Tyler, David Barren, Jimmy Romans, Robert … Read the rest
High Times featured Pot Lifer Pedro Moreno
Most Affected: Pedro Moreno is the Last Brother Still Incarcerated for a Family Pot Operation
Home Confinement Detainees Remain in Limbo!
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New York Post spotlights 420 – asks CAN-DO for quotes from cannabis clemency candidates, Ismael Lira and Pedro Moreno
Ismael Lira and Pedro Moreno provided quotes to Steven Nelson regarding their hope for clemency under a Biden administration.
On 4/20, pot prisoners ask Biden to honor campaign pledge and free them
Evelyn Bozon Pappa – 1st Offender – Serving LIFE is NOW FREE! Compassionate release!
Ricardo Riojas – Life for pot received Compassionate Release on 2-10-21!
Huge congratulations to Ricardo and his family, especially his daughter, Cynthia who called CAN-DO’s president, Amy Povah after she got the wonderful news! It could not have happened to a nicer man, nor anyone more deserving!
Clemency recipient Chalana McFarland and her daughter Nia on PBS
Watch this extremely poignant segment on PBS entitled Mothers leaving prison encounter uphill battle as they try reconnecting with family that focuses on the reunification of Chalana McFarland and her daughter Nia, who were severed due to harsh mandatory sentences … Read the rest
PBS special about Charles “Duke” Tanner’s clemency miracle!
The ability to pardon criminals is a unique power of a president, one that can be politically motivated and often draws criticism. But as Reveal’s Michael Schiller explains, pardons can also change lives.
The CAN-DO Foundation advocated on behalf of … Read the rest
CAN-DO thanks President Trump – Press Release – congrats to several of our clemency candidates!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Amy Ralston Povah, President, CANDO Foundation
Phone: 310.699.3357
Email: amypovah@gmail.com
Multiple CAN-DO Foundation-Supported Prisoners Granted Clemency by President Trump and a FULL PARDON for
CAN-DO’s President and founder – Amy Ralston Povah
Washington, D.C., January … Read the rest
Michael Pelletier – Serving Life for Pot – CLEMENCY GRANTED 1/20/21
What an honor to meet Michael in person on the 420 Fishing trip that in Florida sponsored by Stacey Theis, Robert Platshorn, Freedom Grow Forever, CAN-DO, Life for Pot, and many others. We will soon be adding an entire page … Read the rest
Michael Montalvo – LIFE without parole –
Name: Michael Montalvo #87224-012
Marital Status: Single
Age: 74
Tried: Northern District of California
Will live: Phoenix, AZ
Charge: Non-violent 1980s drug conspiracy charged as Continuing criminal enterprise from 1983 to 1986
Sentence: After declining a 15 and 10 year … Read the rest
