Author: Amy Ralston Povah
Pedro Moreno – LIFE FOR POT
Please sign Pedro’s change.org petition.
Name: Pedro “Pete” Moreno #71498-079
DOB: Jan. 8 1960
Race: Hispanic
Marital Status: widowed.
Age: 62
Children: 5
Grandchildren: 3
State raised: Texas
State charged: Texas
Will live: Roma, Texas
Charge: Conspiracy with intent to … Read the rest
Michael Montalvo – LIFE without parole
Name: Michael Montalvo 87224-012
Status: Grandfather
Age: 76
Tried: Eastern district of California
Will Live: California
Offense Charged: Non-violent 1980s drug conspiracy charged as a continuing criminal enterprise from 1983 to 1986.
Sentence: After declining a 15 and 10 year … Read the rest
Tracy Feagan – LIFE

Name: Tracy DeVon Feagan #41858-074
DOB: July 20, 1970
Race: African American
Marital Status: Married since 1998
Age: 50 years
Children: 4
Grandchildren: 7
State where you are from: Alabama
State where indicted: Tennessee
Will release … 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
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
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
CAN-DO pot prisoners in New York Post for 420
Huge thanks to Steven Nelson who quoted many of our pot prisoners in the following article, including, Pedro Moreno, Luke Scarmazzo, Donald Fugitt, Lance Gloor, and Michael Pelletier
WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 4/20 cannabis holiday, federal … Read the rest
Clemency for 75 individuals + 3 Pardons from President Joe Biden
Clemency Recipient List
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency to 78 individuals, consisting of three pardons and 75 commutations.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following three individuals:
Michelle West – 1st Offender – Serving Life Without Parole
Please sign Michelle’s Change.org petition
Name: Michelle West 17809-039
Children: One daughter – Miquelle West
Race: Human
Grew up: Detroit, Michigan
Tried: Detroit,
Michigan
Will Live: Los Angeles, CA
Charges: Count (2) Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, (3) Aiding & … Read the rest
Roberta Bell – 1st Time Offender – Serving LIFE
Please sign Roberta Bell’s change.org petition
Name: Roberta Ronique Bell #08116-067
DOB: Sept. 4, 1971
Race: Black
Age: 48
Children: Three children – 2 girls and boy. Ashley, Gerrid, and Jazzmin
Two granddaughters – Riley and Riyan
State from:… Read the rest
Lazara Ordaz – Serving 35 years
Name: Lazara Ordaz #52247-066
DOB: December 17
Race: AFRO-CUBAN
Marital Status: Single
Age: 61
Children: One daughter
Resident state: Florida
State charged: Philadelphia
Will live: Philadelphia
Charges: Conspiracy to Distribute More than 3 Kilos of controlled substance (cocaine) Use of … Read the rest
Celeste Monette Blair – 30 years for Conspiracy

Race: White
Marital status: Divorced
Age: 52
Children: One son. One granddaughter
Born and raised: Jacksonville, Fla
Indicted: Fort Worth,Texas
Will release: San Diego, CA or Nashville, TN (depending on years served)
Pled: Guilty
Charges: Conspiracy
Anabel Valenzuela – Serving 32 Years – Nonviolent Drug Conspiracy
Name: Anabel Valenzuela
Age: 38
Race: Mexican-American.
Children: 2 sons, ages 11 and 12
Grew up: Born in Los Angeles but raised in Las Vegas since the age of 7.
Charge: Drug Conspiracy to distribute Methamphetamine and Money Laundering in … Read the rest
Holly Frantzen – Serving 16 years 8 months for Nonviolent Drug Conspiracy
Holly Frantzen #54447-177
DOB: May 10
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 … Read the rest
Detra Pate – Serving 10 years Nonviolent Offense
Name: Detra Wiley Pate #22511-021
DOB: November 16
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Age: 57
Children: 2
Grandchildren: none
State where you are from: Georgia
State indicted: Georgia
Trial or pled guilty: Trial
Charges: Medicare/Healthcare Fraud
Length of Sentence… Read the rest